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 ...

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 ...

One year after the first shots of the Civil War were fired at nearby Fort Sumter, the Planter’s three white officers went ...

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We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. As one of the original 13 colonies in the United States, South Carolina has experienced the evolution of the U.S. and many of its trials ...

Fort Moultrie, on the right, is distant from Sumter at the left ... and besides there is no artillery in the possession of South Carolina which, even if undisturbed, could make anything like ...

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Along the way, you'll likely see some of Charleston's top landmarks, including The Battery, Waterfront Park, the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge and Fort Sumter. There are a variety of tours and ...

CHARLESTON Confederate flags will fly above the parade ground inside Fort Sumter after being removed from the fort’s outer wall following the shooting deaths of nine black parishioners at ...

Settled by the English in 1670, the colony named for King Charles I was split into North and South Carolina in 1710 ... fired on the federally held Fort Sumter in Charleston, plunging the nation ...