. The history of our country from its discovery by Columbus to the celebration of the centennial anniversary of its declaration of independence ... loudly about this, and claimed that Mr. Buchananhad promised not to reinforce the forts, or put any more soldiers inthe harbor. On the other hand. Major Anderson asked repeatedly 438 STORY OF OUR COUNTRY. for provisions and men, if the government wanted to keep their attempt had been made to send a ship to his aid, but she hadbeen fired upon in Charleston harbor and retreated, and was finally-captured by the rebels, and held by them as th
. The history of our country from its discovery by Columbus to the celebration of the centennial anniversary of its declaration of independence ... loudly about this, and claimed that Mr. Buchananhad promised not to reinforce the forts, or put any more soldiers inthe harbor. On the other hand. Major Anderson asked repeatedly 438 STORY OF OUR COUNTRY. for provisions and men, if the government wanted to keep their attempt had been made to send a ship to his aid, but she hadbeen fired upon in Charleston harbor and retreated, and was finally-captured by the rebels, and held by them as their property. Now Major Anderson sent word to Lincoln that he could not holdthe fort unless the government came to his succor. Lincoln answeredthat the fort should be provisioned. The chiefs of the confederatesin Charleston heard this, and on the 12th of April they informedAnderson that the fort must at once be surrendered, or it would bebombarded. Anderson refused to surrender. He knew a long defense wouldbe hopeless, but he resolved not to haul down his countrys flag with-out a struggle. He had eighty men in the garrison, and a very small. Sand Bag Battery at Fort Moultrie. supply of food, and while provisions lasted he thought he couldmake a defense. On Friday, the twelfth day of April, 1861, theguns from Charleston opened their fire on the walls of Fort Sum-ter. The rebels had taken possession of Fort Moultrie, and twoother fortified points in the harbor, and they had also two floatingbatteries from which guns were leveled. So, from five points atonce, balls rained on the devoted fort. Major Anderson kept silent for a time and did not return the last he began to use his guns, but with little effect on his ene-mies. All his powers were necessarily devoted to defense. Therewere wooden barracks inside the fort which soon took fire from thebombs thrown by the rebels. These were twice saved — the flames
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