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Though it was built in response to an earlier conflict, Fort Sumter in the Charleston Harbor was the birthplace of the American Civil War. Tensions between the North and South had been high for ...

During the winter of 1860-61, the citizens of Charleston (map), South Carolina ... dominion over them was in their harbor, where atop the lonely bulk of Fort Sumter the Stars and Stripes still ...

Fort Sumter, on Charleston Harbor, was shelled by Confederate guns on April 12, 1861, marking the beginning of four years of civil war. Fort Moultrie, located on nearby Sullivans Island ...