During the winter of 1860-61, the citizens of Charleston (map), South Carolina ... enough blood to fill a thimble. But the Battle of Fort Sumter was a call to arms for both sides.

Fort Sumter andFort Moultrie National Historical Park will be commemorating the 249th anniversary of the Battle of Sullivan's ...

and the Mexican-American War, he was a national hero. But that April, he was so infirm and, at 300 pounds, so overweight that he couldn't ride a horse. After Fort Sumter fell, Scott wanted his ...

During the winter of 1860-61, the citizens of Charleston (map), South Carolina ... (See Civil War reenactment pictures.) The Battle of Fort Sumter As March turned to April, Lincoln, having ...

SULLIVAN'S ISLAND, S.C. (WCIV) — Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park will commemorate the 247th Anniversary of the Battle of ... victory by the American colonies in their ...

Immediately upon the flag being struck at Fort Sumter, I proceeded to that fortress to tender my assistance and Hospital at Mount Pleasant, to Major ANDERSON, and was gratified to learn ...

AMERICA: The southern attack on Fort Sumter ... about the battle are known to have survived was John Thompson from Derry. “He wrote to his father about his pride in the American cause, how ...