The First Inauguration of the United States of America

A problem had been brewing on this in this area right here, fort sumter, off the coast of south carolina. It was a federal fort, and it was in need of reinforcing so and reinforcing, specifically in terms of food and supplies. And lincoln knew this was a problem. Actually, james buchanan had dealt with it. You can see here that there's an attempt to re supply in january, a total failure under the buchanan administration. But by april, it's going to be such a problem that it's an emergency. He needs to re supply the fort, or else withdraw from the fort. So this is real test rate of those