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

Confederate Flag over Fort Sumter (Library of Congress) Over the next few months the Governor of South Carolina, Francis Pickens, sent demands to President James Buchanan that the fort be surrendered.

Key Highlight: Fort Sumter is a must-see, especially for kids and history buffs. You probably remember Fort Sumter as the place where the first shot of the Civil War was fired back in 1861. Today ...

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 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 ...

Fort Sumter is in two major bombardments: The first one is the opening shots of the Civil War starting on April 12, 1861. There is a 34-hour bombardment of this fort.

SIR: The Government of the Confederate States has hitherto forborne from any hostile demonstration against Fort sumter, in the hope that the Government of the United States, with a view to the ...

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 ...

In the years before the start of the Civil War, marked by the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter, the U.S. military was already constructing defensive fortifications around major cities, often ...

The first shots of the Civil War took place in Charleston at Fort Sumter. Confederate troops opened fire at 4:30 a.m. on April 12, 1861, sparking the start of war in the Lowcountry.

A Civil War-era cannonball was discovered and safely removed at Fort Sumter National Historic Park in South Carolina on Saturday, according to local news reports. Emergency services were called to ...