Fort Sumter National Monument is perched on a small island in Charleston Harbor several miles southwest of the city. Ferries to the monument depart from the Fort Sumter visitor center (in ...

Fort Sumter National Monument Superintendent Tim Stone said Monday the flags will be part of an historical display at the fort where the Civil War began. The display will include flags that flew ...

GREENVILLE COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) – 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 ...

I have already given you as full a report as your crowded columns will admit, of the proceedings at Fort Sumter on the occasion of the raising of the national flag by Gen. ANDERSON, and shall now ...

Complete Guide to Fort Matanzas National Monument in Florida, including things to do, history, nearby lodging and camping, ...

The United States National Museum has just received as a gift from Dr. W. Hutson Ford, now residing in Washington, a forty-pound cannon ball fired from Fort Sumter at the beginning of the ...

This April marks the 150th anniversary of the Civil War’s first battle, at Fort Sumter in South Carolina ... And in 2008, he began working with the staff at Fort Union National Monument in New Mexico ...

The Civil War began when the Confederates bombarded Union soldiers at Fort Sumter, South Carolina ... Leslie’s illustrated newspaper depicting national troops marching through occupied Fernandina.