We all know the ending of the American Civil War, but what were the first events that started it?

Since then, our beautiful country has fought two other wars. We call them the First and Second World War. We have endured ...

Authorized in 1827 by Secretary of War John C. Calhoun, Fort Sumter was still not finished when the nation slid into civil war over sectional issues. Nevertheless, it became the “flashpoint for the ...

and on April 12 they attacked Fort Sumter, a federal stronghold in Charleston, South Carolina. Federal troops returned the fire. The Civil War had begun. Immediately following the attack ...

You probably remember Fort Sumter as the place where the first shot of the Civil War was fired back in 1861. Today, you can see for yourself where all the action happened by taking a ferry 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 ...

The National Parks Service closed Fort Moultrie's dock for a year-long replacement project. Fort Sumter's dock will undergo ...

Students of the American Civil War will be familiar with Fort Sumter, an uncompleted brick fortress on an artificial island in the middle of the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina. Today a site ...