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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 11. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Who fired the first gun at Sumter? (search)
owed to receive provisions from the United States authorities. The Major declined to accede to this arrangement, saying he would not open fire unless a hostile act was committed against his fort or his flag, but that if he could be supplied with provisions before the 15th of April he would receive them, and in that event he would not surrender. This reply being unsatisfactory, Colonel James Chesnut and Captain S. D. Lee gave the Major a written communication, dated Fort Sumter, S. C., April 12, 1861, 3:20 A. M., informing him, by authority of General Beauregard, that the batteries of General Beauregard would open fire on the fort in one hour from that time. The party, as designated, then proceeded in their boats to Fort Johnson, on James Island, and delivered the order to Captain George S. James, commanding the mortar battery, to open fire on Fort Sumter. At 4:30 A. M. the first gun was fired at Fort Sumter, and at 4:40 the second gun was fired from the same battery. Captain Ja