Welcome, Northerners, to Fort Sumter! Or should I say not welcome? Because you are certainly not welcome. Don’t dare coming near your fort on Southern land (well if we are being specific it is on an island made out of granite from the North but that is not what we are focusing on). You are not wanted in South Carolina. You can forget about bringing supplies on your military ships and gunboats to your precious little fort in Charleston Harbor. What was that “President” Abe Lincoln? You come in peace to try to help your starving men? Well that, my not friend, is frowned upon in the South. Your peaceful means will be destroyed when we open fire on your fort as you try to help them. You can try to fight back but after 34 hours you will surrender because you are not prepared enough to fight us. And for the next four years, the South will control your precious little fort in the South.
Would you like some instant replay of the battle over Fort Sumter? The South will gladly provide. On April 10, 1861, the honorable General Beaureguard who was in charge of the mighty Confederate forces ordered the Union to surrender its hold on Fort Sumter. The dense commander for the Union, Anderson, decided to test the South by refusing to surrender. On April 12th the South opened fire on your fort, just like we promised we would. The men didn’t return fire for about two hours; probably due to the lack of supply and ill preparedness by the Union. By April 13th the Union could not handle the heat and speedily surrendered. The Union evacuated our newly gained fort the following day.
The total time span of the “battle” (not that there was any real competition from the North) was from April 12, 1861 to April 14, 1861. Contrary to what the Union’s disgusting propaganda may say; there were no casualties in the battle of Fort Sumter. There was however one death caused by a cannon that exploded killing the gunman and wounding another. Northerners, you should not trust the man who you call “Honest Abe” because he is far from honest. In fact, he was the one who wanted the South to fire on your fort. That is right, your president devised this whole plan in order to make it so the South was the side to fire the first shot in the civil war. He had the option to either evacuate the fort as suggested by the Union General or he could choose the second option proposed by the dense Union general which was to bring 20,000 men and supplies. Abraham Lincoln chose the second option (even though many members of his cabinet tried to persuade him otherwise), which could be seen as none other than a threat. So think about that as you guys are all out in the streets outraged and using this event as your rally cry and as your cause to fight.
Works Cited
"Crisis at Fort Sumter." Tulane University. Web. 29 Nov. 2011.
"Fort Sumter National Monument (U.S. National Park Service)." U.S. National Park Service - Experience Your America. Web. 29 Nov. 2011.
"Fort Sumter." The American Civil War. Web. 29 Nov. 2011.
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