By the end of the war, incessant bombardments had left Sumter in ruins. It had taken thirty years to build Fort Sumter. It took only four years to almost completely destroy this work. The fort lay ...

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

The impending war between the states accelerated the building of more forts to defend ... along with the better-known nearby Fort Sumter, heavily bombarded by Union fleets. Many of the fort ...

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The ferry ride to the middle of Charleston Harbor can be a journey back in time. In 1860, Fort Sumter, the federal sea fortress guarding Charleston, became a flash point in the tensions between ...

During the years preceding the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter, often considered the start of the Civil War, the U.S. military was already busy building defensive fortifications around major cities.