While touring historic Fort Sumter with the National Park Service, we spotted a Civil War artillery projectile still embedded in the brick wall—right where it struck over 160 years ago. Join us as we ...

In April 1861, cannons opened fire on Fort Sumter—and the American Civil War began. This is the tense standoff that turned ...

The Civil War began when the Confederates bombarded Union soldiers at Fort Sumter, South Carolina ... asks Powers. An old, ...

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 ...

But this small square of tattered, tawny fabric is believed to be a piece of the flag Union troops hoisted above Fort Sumter to announce their surrender — and the start of the Civil War.

The Civil War began when the Confederates bombarded Union soldiers at Fort Sumter, South Carolina, on April 12, 1861. The war ended in spring 1865; Robert E. Lee surrendered the last major ...

There are, off the more well-trod in the National Park System, lesser-known parks that nevertheless offer some unexpected ...

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 ...

carried out to Europe the intelligence of the attack upon and reduction of Fort Sumter. The news created ... to diminish the chances of a wasting civil war with which the North American continent ...

The American Civil War significantly affected Tennessee, with every county witnessing combat. During the War, Tennessee was a ...

Read below to map out your trip ... In South Carolina's most-visited city, Civil War history buffs can tour Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, shutterbugs can take advantage of photo ops along ...

But instead of war, Charleston ... to fire on Fort Sumter in 1861, bringing on the most devastating war in American history. Though Emanuel reopened after the Civil War, the name Denmark Vesey ...