Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park will commemorate the 249th anniversary of the Battle of Sullivan’s ...

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

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

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 ...

While touring historic Fort Sumter with the National Park Service, we spotted a Civil War artillery projectile still embedded in the brick wall—right where it struck over 160 years ago. Join us as we ...

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.

There are, off the more well-trod roads in the National Park System, lesser-known parks that nevertheless offer some ...

As the U.S. Army commemorates its 250th birthday, historic U.S. Army Garrison Fort Hamilton in Brooklyn stands as a visible ...

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 ...

He remained in the army and was at Fort Sumter in April 1861 at the beginning of the Civil War. Hough was one of ... United States Artillery Regiment. After serving out his enlistment, he re ...

In short order he was romantically linked with a Fort Worth woman, Mary Parker, though Meredith dismissed the rumors, saying, “We’re just good friends.” After the war, Meredith did not miss ...