![]() ![]() More than 100,000 New Yorkers (the New York Times reported it as ‘the entire population of the city’) flooded the park and the surrounding streets. ![]() To honour Anderson and his men, the city held an enormous rally in Union Square, an event which would have been appropriate for a victorious general. To their surprise, they ‘were received with unbounded enthusiasm’. Having secured the fort, Confederate officials granted Anderson and his men safe passage.ĭuring the voyage north, they had no idea what kind of reception they would receive when they arrived in New York. Beauregard’s initial demand for surrender on 11 April, but after 34 hours of bombardment and with the fort on fire, Anderson raised the white flag. ![]() Anderson had refused Confederate General Pierre G.T. Since December 1860, when South Carolina seceded from the Union, Anderson’s small garrison had been in a state of crisis, with diminishing supplies and unclear guidance from Washington. On board was the garrison of Fort Sumter, which Anderson had surrendered to Confederate forces a few days earlier. On 19 April 1861, he stood on board the USS Baltic as it steamed into New York Harbor, escorted by a fleet of ships cheering their arrival. Major Robert Anderson never expected to become the first hero of the American Civil War. ![]()
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