If Wikipedia made as many mistakes in that one as they did on the of Fort Sumter, the best thing to do is Trash it. Robert Anderson was essentially a Southern Sympathizer & recommended to Lincoln they abandon Charleston Harbor. Lincoln said NO & ordered him to hold it at all cost. Anderson was a loyal Soldier so he held it as long as it was feasibly possible. When he saw that further fighting would only cause a needless loss of the lives of his command, he surrendered. He and his troops were escorted by Confederate vessels to Union ships which had been held outside the Harbor, no prisoners taken or no further loss of life, which for the entire battle had been ONE Union Soldier, & he was killed by an exploding powder Keg inside the fort. When informed off the Surrender Lincoln said that's OK, it served its purpose. Its purpose was to give Lincoln an "Excuse" to call for 75,000 troops to put Down the Southern Rebellion, which was of course Un-Constitutional.
