The 1861 Battle of Fort Sumter sparked the American Civil War. From the garrison's 19th-century beginnings to its current use as a National Historical Park, here are 10 fascinating facts about ...

Fort Sumter Battle a "Bolt From the Sky" By firing first, the Confederates had allowed Lincoln to claim the high ground. On April 15, ...

FORT SUMTER, S.C. -- The nation's bloodiest war started with a historic battle in which no one died. The Civil War, a conflict that would end with about 620,000 fatalities, began at Fort Sumter on ...

Battle of Fort Sumter Anniversary. Special | 56s Video has Closed Captions | CC. April 12 marks the anniversary of the start of the American Civil War in 1861. In Charleston, SC, the American ...

Curiosity Trek! The Faces of Fort Sumter. Season 2 Episode 1 | 9m 9s Video has Closed Captions | CC. According to legend, faces can be seen imprinted on two of Fort Sumter’s authentic battle ...

In April 1861, cannons opened fire on Fort Sumter—and the American Civil War began. This is the tense standoff that turned into the first battle of a nation divided.

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The firing on Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, was a fateful moment — one of the most profound in U.S. history — and in many ways the moment modern America was born.

The Civil War began when the Confederates bombarded Union soldiers at Fort Sumter, South Carolina on April 12, 1861. ... the Battle of Fort Myers was a minor, half-day skirmish.

The Civil War began when the Confederates bombarded Union soldiers at Fort Sumter, South Carolina, on April 12, 1861. The war ended in spring 1865; Robert E. Lee surrendered the last major ...

The Battle of Fort Sumter marked the moment decades of tension between northern and southern states, primarily over slavery, became a full blown Civil War. On April 12, 1861, ...