The Battle of Sullivan’s Island was a key victory in South Carolina history that took place just days before the country ...

Signs posted at Fort Moultrie and Fort Sumter ask visitors to report any information they experienced that may place American ...

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 original Fort Sumter telegram is kept in the National Archives in Washington, D.C. This article is excerpted from Scott Christianson's "100 Documents That Changed The World," available ...

Key Highlight: Fort Sumter is a must-see, especially for kids and history buffs. You probably remember Fort Sumter as the place where the first shot of the Civil War was fired back in 1861. Today ...

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 ...

On Thursday morning it was found that Fort Moultrie was dismantled, its guns all spiked, and several guns ranging towards Fort Sumter completely dismounted, and their carriages, &c., tarred and ...

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.

The bombardment of Fort Sumter from the batteries on Cumming's Point is prosecuted with great vigor. The firing thus far has had a marked effect, having exposed to view a considerable portion of ...

Fort Sumter is in two major bombardments: The first one is the opening shots of the Civil War starting on April 12, 1861. There is a 34-hour bombardment of this fort.

♪ It's not the Battle of Fort Sumter with which we are primarily concerned here. We all know what happened. Instead, we want to look at two men, two soldiers, ...

On Dec. 26, Anderson moved his command to Fort Sumter. The Fort, built on an artificial island at the entrance to Charleston harbor, would be much easier to defend if war broke out.