SULLIVAN’S ISLAND, S.C. (WCIV) — The 248th anniversary of the Battle of Sullivan's Island will be commemorated by Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park at the end of June.

The first shots of the Civil War took place in Charleston at Fort Sumter. Confederate troops opened fire at 4:30 a.m. on April 12, 1861, sparking the start of war in the Lowcountry.

Up for auction are fragments of the artillery shells that hammered Fort Sumter’s walls, a scrap of the fort’s battle flag, letters from soldiers, weapons from the time and Confederate ...

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 ...

April 12 marks the anniversary of the start of the American Civil War in 1861. In Charleston, SC, the American Civil War began on April 12, 1861 when Confederate Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard's artillery ...