According to this site: http://totallyhistory.com/battle-of-fort-sumter/ there were 85 people at Ft. Sumter on April 12 1861.
Is there any way to find a garrison list?
(Rumor has it that my gg grandfather was there.)
Thank you.
1st United States Artillery commanded by Robert Anderson. The're still around today as the 1st Air Defense Artillery.
Major Robert Anderson had just transferred his command—Companies E and H—from Fort Moultrie to Fort Sumter [Around April 1, 1861].
On the 1st of April, 1861 but five posts within the limits of the seceded States were still occupied by United States troops. These were Fort Monroe, Va.; Fort Sumter, S. C.; Fort Taylor, Key West, Fla.; Fort Jefferson, Tortugas, Fla.; and Fort Pickens, Pensacola Harbor, Fla. Of these the four last named were garrisoned wholly or in great part by the First Artillery
Taken from page 306 here: http://www.history.army.mil/books/r&h/R&H-1Art.htm
Now you can start by looking up Muster Rolls for company E & H. I would recommend contacting http://garmuslib.org/ they have a lot of resources including some original and copied muster rolls.