 Chadbourne, who was killed in the Battle of Resaca de la Palma.It was manned by Companies A and K of the 8th U.S. Infantry.During the early days of the American Civil War, the fort surrendered to the Confederates on February 28, 1861, even before the Confederate shelling of Fort Sumter, South Carolina, but was reoccupied by federal troops from 1865 to 1867.