There are, off the more well-trod in the National Park System, lesser-known parks that nevertheless offer some unexpected ...

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 ...

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 ...

South Carolina is a place that stays with you long after the journey ends. From the historic streets of Charleston, with its ...

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 ...

On April 12, 1861, Captain George S. James fired the first Confederate shot at Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina, leading to a siege, a Union retreat and the start of the Civil War. Exhibits ...

carried out to Europe the intelligence of the attack upon and reduction of Fort Sumter. The news created ... "Having fared so badly in South Carolina, President LINCOLN will doubtless pause ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...