4. Select the correct response from the dropdown menu to complete the paragraph: (2 points)

On April 12, _____ the following response was sent to Major Anderson, " "Sir: By authority of Brigadier-General Beauregard, commanding the provisional forces of the Confederate States, we have the honor to notify you that he will open the fire of his batteries on _________ the Civil War. in one hour from this time." This was the official start to the civil war

(Drop box choices.)
FIRST BOX:: 1859, 1860, 1861, 1862

Drop box 2:: Fort Bragg, Fort Sumter, Fort Wagner, Fort Harrison

1 answer

On April 12, 1861, the following response was sent to Major Anderson, "Sir: By authority of Brigadier-General Beauregard, commanding the provisional forces of the Confederate States, we have the honor to notify you that he will open the fire of his batteries on Fort Sumter, the Civil War, in one hour from this time." This was the official start to the civil war.