Fort Sumter National Monument is perched on a small island in Charleston Harbor several miles southwest of the city. Ferries to the monument depart from the Fort Sumter visitor center (in ...

The iconic fort known as Fort Sumter is where the American Civil War erupted. Today, it stands tall as a weathered beacon ...

Officials with the Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park are seeking a letter of support from Charleston County Council to name the boating spot "Fort Sumter Beach." Charleston ...

If President Abraham Lincoln surrendered Fort Sumter, as South Carolina demanded ... author of "A Brief History of Charleston," if Confederate President Jefferson Davis and S.C. Gov.

The Civil War began at 4:30 am on April 12, 1861 at Ft. Sumter, Charleston, SC. Confederate gunners fired on Ft. Sumter in Charleston, SC on April 12, 1861. Ft. Sumter fell 34 hours later.

CHARLESTON, April 16 ... has occurred during the vigorous action of thirty-three hours of reducing Fort Sumter. Four trifling contusions are reported at Fort Moultrie, but none at other posts ...

During the winter of 1860-61, the citizens of Charleston (map), South Carolina, were so sure that ... where atop the lonely bulk of Fort Sumter the Stars and Stripes still flew (pictures of ...

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In 1860, Fort Sumter, the federal sea fortress guarding Charleston, became a flash point in the tensions between North and South. "South Carolina saw it as an affront to their sense of honor ...

January 19, 1861, the steamer Columbia, from New York, lay off the harbor of Charleston ... assaulted Fort Pickens, and South Carolina was bound to dash her bare bosom against Fort Sumter.

CHARLESTON Confederate flags will fly above the parade ground inside Fort Sumter after being removed from the fort’s outer wall following the shooting deaths of nine black parishioners at ...