Signs posted at Fort Moultrie and Fort Sumter ask visitors to report any information they experienced that may place American ...

During our guided tour of Fort Sumter with the National Park Service, we discovered an original Civil War artillery shell still embedded in the fort’s brick wall. This powerful visual reminder of the ...

The iconic fort known as Fort Sumter is where the American Civil War erupted. Today, it stands tall as a weathered beacon amidst the windswept waters of Charleston Harbor. With its timeworn brick ...

Among the auction's most notable highlights is the surrender flag from Fort Sumter, waved during the American Civil War when Major Robert Anderson surrendered the fort to Confederate forces. This ...

The Battle of Fort Sumter in April 1861 marked the explosive start of the American Civil War. Confederate forces fired over 4,000 shells at the Union garrison in Charleston Harbor, forcing a ...

The Philadelphian tale, which excited the country on Saturday, to the effect that Gen. GILLMORE had captured Fort Sumter's ruins, and that the "Stars and Stripes waved over" them, etc., etc., was ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Fort Sumter has been added to the Underground Railroad Network to Freedom, according to the National Park Service. The Network to Freedom program consists of sites ...

In 2023, a total of almost 412,000 people visited both Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie. That large number of visitors spent over $27 million in communities near the park. The spending also supported 355 ...

By the time Lincoln took the oath of office, six more states had seceded. Sumter was, to the South, "a standing menace." The fort, and its 75 men, were commanded by Major Robert Anderson.

SULLIVANS ISLAND, S.C. (WCBD) – After more than 20 years on display, Fort Sumter’s historic Civil War-era flag collection will be removed for conservation this month. Fort Sumter’s Civi… ...