I know that Shell Shock is different than PTSD. Shell Shock the effects can be much more severe and of shorter duration. He may have had PTSD after Fort Sumter, but he had seen combat before in Mexico, and he had been severely wounded as well.

The bombardment did not seem to alter his mental capabilities to communicate or write orders after the battle. Fort Sumter was not a blood bath and according to English experts that inspected the fort after its evacuation.

"To an uninitiated eye it would seem as if the fort was untenable; but, in reality, in spite of the destruction done to it, a stout garrison, properly supplied, would have been in no danger from anything except the explosion of the magazine, of which the copper door was jammed by the heat at the time of the surrender. Exclusive of the burning of the quarters and the intense heat, there was no reason for a properly handled and sufficient force to surrender the place."

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David Upton