This day, I went to Charleston, South Carolina to see Fort Sumter. Fort Sumter was a Union fort of the Coast of South Carolina. Two battles took place at the fort. The first battle was on April 12, 1861 and had the first shots of the war. The fort did not have enough supplies and was forced to surrender to the Confederacy. The second battle took place on September 8, 1863. It was a failed attempt by the Union to take back the fort. In the movie we saw Johnny change the flag of the fort to a white surrender flag on his drawing.