'No Name Beach,' a sandbar in the Charleston Harbor, could be renamed for a nearby historic site
"No Name Beach," a sandbar that has grown large enough to connect Fort Sumter and James Island at mid tide and low tide could ...
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Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie
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 ...
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Fort Sumter National Monument
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 ...
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Book Review: Thunder in the Harbor: Fort Sumter and the Civil War
A retired National Parks historian for Forts Sumter and Moultrie, Richard Hatcher opens this new work on the history of Sumter with a look at its origins, as part of the nation’s coastal defense ...
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From Fort Sumter.
TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of ...