Fort Sumter andFort Moultrie National Historical Park will be commemorating the 249th anniversary of the Battle of Sullivan's ...

The Civil War began when the Confederates bombarded Union soldiers at Fort Sumter, South Carolina ... with Doyle’s cannon placed outside the fort. An after-battle report stated that enemy forces ...

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 ...

In April 1861, cannons opened fire on Fort Sumter—and the American Civil War began. This is the tense standoff that turned ...

But this small square of tattered, tawny fabric is believed to be a piece of the flag Union troops hoisted above Fort Sumter to announce their surrender — and the start of the Civil War.

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 ...

carried out to Europe the intelligence of the attack upon and reduction of Fort Sumter. The news created ... diminish the chances of a wasting civil war with which the North American continent ...

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 ...

The Civil War began when the Confederates bombarded Union soldiers at Fort Sumter, South Carolina ... with Doyle’s cannon placed outside the fort. An after-battle report stated that enemy ...