a church steeple in Charleston

Today, we are in Charleston, South Carolina. We tried to go to Fort Sumter, but the weather prevented us, so I am limited to the amount of knowledge that I already know,  and have not been able to take a tour, to learn the full extent of the history of the fort. What I know, is that Fort Sumter, was a Union controlled area, when South Carolina, ( the first to suceed from the U.S. prior to the civil war.) And was not fired apon by the Confederates, untill april 12 1861. The Union tried to transport supplies to the fort, by a Navy transport. The transort was fired apon by warning shots by a battery, ( an artillery position.) Manned by Citidel, ( an army academy in South Carolina.) Cadets. The transport retreated, and than the Confederate batteries in the surrounding harbor, opened up on Fort Sumter. The barrage lasted for almost 2 days, ( may not be accurate.) With both sides firing at each other, untill, finaly, the forts general, ordered the retreat. Ammazingly, no one on either side was killed, or severly injured by the opposing sides bombardment, but when a Union soldier tried to snap off a solute to the Union flag, the Confederates opened up again, the young soldier was the first casualty of the war. The assault on Fort Sumter, was the first millitary action, and the start of the civil war. Immidiatly after, President Lincoln ordered a Naval blockade be set up at the mouth of the harbor where the fort is located, many more blockades would follow, and the Confederates would rely on runner ships to slip through the blockades to import and export goods.

The south relied on certain crops to grow for money since the first colonies were established, perticulary cotton, rice and some tobacco. The south is known by almost everyone for its production of cotton, thats why they needed the slaves to grow and gather the crop, thats one of resons that the war was started. But most people do not know that the south also produced a major source of rice, which some European countries could not grow. The south grew and distributed large amounts of rice and cotton, and in some places, tobacco. Tobacco was a hard crop to grow, beacause it needed a area of dry land, and diddnt grow well in moist, wet areas.
Charleston was a key city for the Confederates during the civil war, and the Union knew that. The Union long range batteries, always had an easy aim on the city, beacause of the multiple church steeples in the town, all they had to do was sight the steeples, and try to hit them, or the area around, and beacause it was used as command post for the Confederates, it was under constant bobardment, and eventually, the town stopped holdin mass, and other church services, beacause the church was considered a deathtrap, beacause it was an easy target. Infact, the city eventually stopped rebuilding the steeples, hoping the Union batteries would not be able to sight the town, and cause more deaths, and destruction.