President James Buchanan sent the unarmed ship Star of the West with 200 soldiers and supplies on January 9, 1861. When it ...

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 ...

The Civil War began at 4:30 am on April 12, 1861 at Ft. Sumter, Charleston, SC. Confederate gunners fired on Ft. Sumter in Charleston, SC on April 12, 1861. Ft. Sumter fell 34 hours later.

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 ...

The iconic fort known as Fort Sumter is where the American Civil War erupted. Today, it stands tall as a weathered beacon ...

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 ...

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. On Sunday ...

About the only thing the North and South agreed on was that neither wanted to start the American Civil War. If President Abraham Lincoln surrendered Fort Sumter, as South Carolina demanded ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Tourists often flock to Fort Sumter to learn more about ... Experts identified the ordnance as a Civil War-era cannonball. As the removal of ordnances is the ...

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 ...