What was the impact of the attack on Fort Sumter?

Following Beauregard's bombardment in 1861, Confederate forces occupied Fort Sumter and used it to marshal a defense of Charleston Harbor.  Once it was completed and better armed, Fort Sumter allowed the Confederates to create a valuable hole in the Union blockade  of the Atlantic seaboard.

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