So he prepared to defend Fort Sumter for the Union , the , large garrison - sized Stars and Stripes flying above the small group of 85 Federal men .
Beauregard , back at West Point , had been Anderson 's assistant .
So Anderson prepared to defend Fort Sumter for the Union , the , large garrison - sized Stars and Stripes flying above the small group of 85 Federal men .
Beauregard , back at West Point , had been Anderson 's assistant .