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Robert Anderson
Civil War Encyclopedia >> People - Union Military
| November 23, 1860 | Major Robert Anderson reports Fort Sumter is being threatened in Charleston as federal forces begin to improved Fort Moultrie and Fort Sumter in the harbor. | South Carolina |
| Fort Sumter | ||
| December 1, 1860 | Robert Anderson makes his third request for reinforcements at Fort Moultrie | |
| December 11, 1860 | Under orders from Secretary of War John Floyd, General Don Carlos Buell visits Robert Anderson at Fort Sumter. Buell tells Anderson he may occupy any fort that he wants to if he is attacked or feels he is about to be attacked. | |
| Don Carlos Buell | ||
| Fort Sumter | ||
| Special Memorandum to Robert Anderson, December 11, 1860 | ||
| John Floyd | ||
| December 26, 1860 | Major Robert Anderson transfers his command from Fort Moultrie to Fort Sumter on his own initiative. He felt it was impossible to hold Fort Moultrie against South Carolina militia. | South Carolina |
| Fort Sumter | ||
| January 10, 1861 | Major Anderson at Fort Sumter receives orders telling him to maintain a defensive position but to defend the fort. | South Carolina |
| Fort Sumter | ||
| January 11, 1861 | South Carolina demands the surrender of Fort Sumter. Major Anderson refuses. | South Carolina |
| Fort Sumter | ||
| April 12, 1861 April 13, 1861 |
Beginning at 4:30 am on the 12th and continuing until the morning of the 13th, Confederate batteries along the shore of Charleston Harbor fire on Fort Sumter under the command of Major Robert Anderson. Anderson arranges a surrender with Texas Senator Louis Wigfall on the morning of the 13th. | South Carolina |
| P. G. T. Beauregard | ||
| Fort Sumter | ||
| Edmund Ruffin | ||
| Civil War Firsts | ||
| May 15, 1861 | Robert Anderson promoted to Brigadier General | |
| May 28, 1861 | Robert Anderson assumes command of the Department of Kentucky. Irvin McDowell assumes command of the Department of Northeastern Virginia | Virginia |
| Irvin McDowell | ||
| August 15, 1861 | The Department of Kentucky and the Department of the Cumberland are combined under General Robert Anderson | |
| October 6, 1861 | Winfield Scott informs General Robert Anderson that he is relieved of duty by telegram. He relinquishes command of the Department of Kentucky the following day. | |
| Winfield Scott |
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