American women would not be welcome as full-time military members until 1948, but those who really, really wanted to fight ...

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 ...

In 1860, Fort Sumter, the federal sea fortress guarding ... the fate of America," Larson said. At 4:30 a.m. on April 12, 1861, Confederate guns opened fire. Over two days, more than 3,300 shells ...

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 ...

The following is an extract from a letter received in Albany from an officer of the United States Army on duty at Fort Sumter: JANUARY 12, 1861. MY DEAR SIR -- You know our position here.

From the Georgia Guardian "Why is not Fort Sumter attacked?" "Why don't they attack Fort Sumter?" "What is the Governor about that he don't attack Fort Sumter?" "The troops are ready, willing and ...

On April 12, 1861, the cannons rang out over Fort Sumter, S.C., as the United States of America was on the brink of war. Over the next five years, more than 620,000 soldiers – Union and ...

Fort Sumter came to the forefront of U.S. history when the first shots of the American Civil War occurred here in April of 1861, just a few months after South Carolina became the first state to ...

Charleston, South Carolina, April 12, 1861 – the birthplace of secession, and tempers were on edge. In December 1860, the state of South Carolina declared itself independent and severed ties ...

Here are the burning questions of Union and states' rights, John Brown at Harpers Ferry, the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860, the firing on Fort Sumter, and the jubilant rush to arms on both ...