Fort Sumter had their battle on this day 155 years ago. The battle lasted 2 days and then the Union finally surrendered Fort Sumter to the Confederate States. President Buchanan tried to send a merchant boat full of supplies for them 4 months before the battle but it was destroyed by land cannons. Also the first military casualties of the Civil War happened right after the battle when the Rebels tried to a 100 gun salute and some of the guns malfunctioned and killed 6 soldiers, so they didn't even get to 50 shots. In the movie The Blue and the Grey John changed the flag on top of Fort Sumter in his drawing.