Description : What were the names of three Union ships that could have aided Fort Sumter in 1861?
Last Answer : The three relief ships that could have resupplied Fort Sumter inApril of 1861 were the USS Pawnee, the Baltic and the Harriet Lane.The Confederates believed that if they could resupply Fort Sumter,the ... by the Union would be aninsult. This became the primary motivation for the attack on thefort.