Civil War Notes

Chapter 1: Inside Fort Sumter

• The Civil War began at 4:30 a.m. on April 12, 1861.
• Confederate General P.G.T. Beauregard ordered the firing on Fort Sumter.
• Beauregard was a former artillery student at West Point, where his instructor was Major Robert Anderson, the Union commander inside Fort Sumter.
• Edmund Ruffin, a Virginia farmer and secession advocate, signaled the first shot.
• After 34 hours, a white flag signaled the end of the bombardment.
• The only casualty was a Confederate horse.

Chapter 2: So Civil War

• The Civil War is inaugurated.