Question

Pls help. 15 points was max

On April 14, 1861, two days after the start of the civil war, NC militia seized the fort from federal control. Who was guarding the fort macon
when the NC militia arrived?
A - 400 Union soldiers
B - no one
C - US Marines
D - a single caretaker and his wife

Answer 1

Answer: On April 14, 1861, a militia company from Beaufort, acting on its own, boated over to Fort Macon, near Atlantic Beach, and seized the fort in the name of the state from a lone Union army caretaker.