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

Proceeding inward, and keeping the map of our finer harbor in view ... exact for all practical purposes. Fort Moultrie, on the right, is distant from Sumter at the left, a fraction over a mile ...

Fort Sumter will be officially listed in the program as "Fort Sumter and Charleston Harbor." Fort Sumter was the target of the first shots of the Civil War and once it was held by Confederate ...

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South Carolina, with its rich history steeped in military significance, often evokes images of Fort Sumter, the site where ... a dusty box filled with old maps, faded photographs, and intriguing ...

During the winter of 1860-61, the citizens of Charleston (map), South Carolina ... dominion over them was in their harbor, where atop the lonely bulk of Fort Sumter the Stars and Stripes still ...

Now, the sandbar connects James Island and Fort Sumter from mid tide to low tide. "It has grown to be one of the most popular boating beaches in the Charleston Harbor," Sveum wrote in the renaming ...

When South Carolina seceded from the Union in December of 1860, Union forces in the area took refuge in Fort Sumter, in Charleston Harbor. But after being holed up for awhile, the Union troops ...

Fort Sumter, on Charleston Harbor, was shelled by Confederate guns on April 12, 1861, marking the beginning of four years of civil war. Fort Moultrie, located on nearby Sullivans Island ...