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1861 年南方聯盟軍隊進攻商特堡(Fort
Sumter)
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傑佛遜‧大衛斯 (Jefferson
Davis) 於1861年11月6日被選為南方聯盟的總統
大衛斯本來是密西西比州的參議員，他試著要維繫兩個陣營之間的關係。當密西西比州退出聯邦政府時，大衛斯也成為南方聯盟的一份子了。
在他於1861年就職臨時總統後，大衛
斯立刻派遣一隊和平委員會到華盛頓。林肯當時承諾要維繫聯邦政府的運作，同時也拒絕接見任何來自於南方聯盟的大使。
由於感受到戰爭的威脅，林肯派遣軍艦去到商特堡 (Fort
Sumter) 擔任補給的工作。大衛斯於是在1861年4月12日下令開火。這個攻擊也象徵著內戰的爆發。
As a U.S. senator from Mississippi, Davis had tried to keep the Union together. When Mississippi seceded from the Union, however, Davis became a Confederate man.
After his inauguration as provisional, or temporary, president in February 1861, Davis sent a peace commission to Washington. Lincoln, committed to preserving the Union, refused to see the ambassadors from the South.
With war threatening, Lincoln sent armed ships to resupply Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. Davis responded by ordering the bombing of the fort on April 12, 1861. The attack marked the beginning of the Civil War.
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