Fort Sumter sat on an artificial island at the mouth of Charleston Harbor. It was unfinished. Less than half its guns were in ...

Not all Unionists believed that war was inevitable. Some, in fact, were happy to be done with the departing South and thus see their stain of slavery gone from the Union. Similarly, others agreed that ...

SULLIVAN’S ISLAND, S.C. (WCSC) — Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park is inviting the public to commemorate the 165th anniversary of the opening shots of the American Civil War on ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — Sunday marks 165 years since Confederate forces opened fire on the Union-held Fort Sumter in the Charleston Harbor, an attack that marked the start of the American Civil War.

According to legend, faces can be seen imprinted on two of Fort Sumter’s authentic battle flags which flew over the fort during the Civil War- The Union “Storm Flag” and the Confederate “Palmetto ...

The iconic fort known as Fort Sumter is where the American Civil War erupted. Today, it stands tall as a weathered beacon amidst the windswept waters of Charleston Harbor. With its timeworn brick ...

The historic site, on an island in South Carolina, could be inundated by rising seas in decades to come. A display on the threat has been removed. By Maxine Joselow Reporting from Washington Fort ...