A Chronological History of the Civil War in America, Civil War Day-by-Day
    

Civil War Day-by-Day

April 13, 1861

  • At 7 A.M. Sumter reopened fire; at 8 the officers’ quarters were fired by a rebel shell; at 10 a chance shot struck down the flag, and at noon most of the wood-work of the fort was burning, and the men rolled out 90 barrels of powder to prevent explosion, and soon after arrangements were made for the evacuation of the fort.1
  • Fort Sumter surrenders to Confederate forces.
    • Texas Senator Louis Wigfall “arranges” a surrender with Anderson on the morning of the 13th.

  1. A Chronological History of the Civil War in America by Richard Swainson Fisher, New York, Johnson and Ward, 1863
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