Charleston, South Carolina became the ignition point for the U.S. Civil War when Confederate forces bombarded Fort Sumter, ...

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 ...

But this small square of tattered, tawny fabric is believed to be a piece of the flag Union troops hoisted above Fort Sumter to announce ... the flag remains in South Carolina, ideally in a ...

CHARLESTON, Saturday, April 15, 1865. I have already given you as full a report as your crowded columns will admit, of the proceedings at Fort Sumter ... which South Carolina has always ignored ...

The site connects visitors to important events and people in South Carolina. Fort Sumter is where the first ... lasting historical importance. Along Charleston’s East Bay Street, Rainbow Row ...

the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office; the South Carolina Highway Patrol; the Fort Mill Police Department; the York County Sheriff’s Office; the North Charleston Police Department; the Mount ...

Along the way, you'll likely see some of Charleston's top landmarks, including The Battery, Waterfront Park, the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge and Fort Sumter. There are a variety of tours and ...

The idea that free African Americans posed a mortal threat to white society powerfully shaped the mindset that led Charlestonians to fire on Fort Sumter ... out from the South Carolina midlands ...

Meanwhile, the American Civil War officially began on this day in 1861 when Confederate forces opened fire on Fort Sumter, a federal stronghold in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. More from ...

BEAUREGARD and Major ANDERSON previous to the bombardment of Fort Sumter. Only a telegraphic abstract has been previously published: [Copy.] HEAD-QUARTERS PROVISIONAL ARMY, C.S.A., CHARLESTON ...

Days after a man’s body was found inside of his South Carolina home another man was arrested on multiple charges, including murder, according to the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office.