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In a letter delivered January 31, 1861,
South Carolina Governor Pickens demanded of
President Buchanan that he surrender Fort Sumter because "I regard that possession is not consistent with the dignity or safety of the State of South Carolina."
[12] Over the next few months repeated calls for evacuation of Fort Sumter
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[13] from the government of South Carolina and then from
Confederate Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard were ignored. Union attempts to resupply and reinforce the garrison were repulsed on January 9, 1861 when the first shots of the war, fired by cadets from
the Citadel, prevented the steamer
Star of the West, hired to transport troops and supplies to Fort Sumter, from completing the task.
It was deliberate and considered. Not a drunken impulsive act...moron