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

forcing a surrender after 36 hours of intense bombardment. Although the battle was nearly bloodless, its symbolism ignited a war that would claim hundreds of thousands of lives. Fort Sumter became ...

Usually, books about Sumter end at this point. But Hatcher carries the story of the fort through the entire war. For two years after the capture of Sumter, the fort was not significantly involved in ...

Confederate flags will fly above the parade ground inside Fort Sumter after being removed from the ... display at the fort where the Civil War began. The display will include flags that flew ...

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 ...

If President Abraham Lincoln surrendered Fort Sumter, as South Carolina demanded ... and the South would be held responsible for initiating the war. After meeting with Secretary of State William ...