The Richmond Examiner of Monday contains the following: CHARLESTON, Saturday, Oct. 31. The enemy's fire on Fort Sumter last night continued furious and incessant from the land batteries.

Here’s what happened in April 1861, leading up to the firing on Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina, which spurred the launch of the American Civil War.

A look at what happened April 7-12, 1861, before the firing on Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. The shots fired spurred the start of the Civil War.

CHARLESTON, S.C. — It sits in the middle of Charleston Harbor, 3.4 miles from the southside of town, but it was what happened at Fort Sumter that forever changed this country and started a bloody four ...

CHARLESTON, SC (WCIV) — Due to the government shutdown, tourists are not allowed to visit Fort Sumter. Rick Mosteller, a partner with Fort Sumter Tours, says this isn't the first government ...

In Charleston, SC, the American Civil War began on April 12, 1861 when Confederate Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard's artillery fired on the Union occupied Fort Sumter. Union Major Robert Anderson moved his ...

Fort Sumter has been added to the Underground Railroad Network to Freedom, according to the National Park Service.

Located in Charleston harbor, Fort Sumter was still held by Union forces in April 1861, despite South Carolina's secession in 1860. National Park Service historian Mark Maloy described the events ...

Their tense story culminates on April 12, 1861, when a South Carolina cannon opened fire on the fort, and Detzer weighs the evidence that Lincoln goaded the South into doing it.

AFFAIRS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.; LETTERS FROM AN OFFICER IN FORT SUMTER AND FROM A PROMINENT CITIZEN OF CHARLESTON.

CHARLESTON, SC (WCSC) - The Union flag was lowered Thursday at Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. Re-enactors raised the Confederate stars and bars as Union re-enactors leave the fort. Re-enactors have ...

SULLIVAN'S ISLAND, S.C. (WCIV) — The National Park Service (NPS) has plans to replace and rehabilitate the docks at Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park and is seeking feedback ...