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 ...

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.

Charleston, South Carolina — the city where the war began at Fort Sumter — lay in almost complete ruin after years of Union bombardment. Besides the physical rubble, Charleston faced deeper economic ...

The makeshift flag soldiers at Fort Sumter used to signal their surrender to the Confederate army, kick-starting the American Civil War will be sold this month at an auction house in Greenville.

When you take a drive down Middle Street, you can clearly spot the grounds of Fort Moultrie and Battery Jasper, Logan and Gadsden. In the distance, Fort Sumter sits among crashing waves. Each stands ...

Fort Sumter now seems, like any legendary place, a little lost to time, diminished and rather chapel-like in feeling. The upper walls that withstood the brunt of the Confederate bombardment ...

In 2023, a total of almost 412,000 people visited both Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie. That large number of visitors spent over $27 million in communities near the park. The spending also supported 355 ...

Both of these photos would've been taken from on top of the southern redoubt, which lies about a half mile to the south of the fort. They had a tower on top, and so that's where most of the large ...

Fort Sumter is a must-see on any trip to Charleston.. Be prepared — it can get rainy and cold or very hot, up to 105 in the summer. The National Park Service says be cognizant of the weather, stay ...

In Larson’s telling, Anderson’s ordeal makes for a superb war story—his secret Christmastime redeployment from Charleston’s indefensible Fort Moultrie to Fort Sumter, for instance, emerges ...