Clemson Design Center and College of Charleston students using ground-penetration radar are trying to map out in Marion Square the footprint of what might have been the largest tabby fort ...

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.

On Saturday morning. January 19, 1861, the steamer Columbia, from New York, lay off the harbor of Charleston in full sight of Fort Sumter. It is a circumstance which perhaps would never have ...

CHARLESTON, SC (AP) - - A crumbling 19th century fort in Charleston Harbor has been sold to the Sons of Confederate Veterans for $10. Media reports the heritage group wants to preserve Castle Pinckney ...

OFF CHARLESTON, S.C., Tuesday, Aug. 4, 1863. We arrived off here yesterday, and found naval vessels of every kind, size and description, and army and navy transports by the dozens anchored down ...