The Civil War — at least ... rather than toward Charleston as expected, a decision undoubtedly made for strategic militarily reasons, such as cutting two of South Carolina’s three railroad ...

JAMES ISLAND, S.C. (WCSC) - This week, the City of Charleston is starting on a new park to come to the Riverland Terrace neighborhood on James Island. Fort Pemberton is an old Civil War fort that was ...

Many travelers say you can't leave Charleston without strolling this ... live oaks in nearby White Point Garden where several Civil War relics and memorials commemorate the city's role in the ...

Calhoun, Fort Sumter was still not finished when the nation slid into civil war over sectional issues. Nevertheless, it became the “flashpoint for the Civil War in 1861” (p. xi). With the secession of ...

Students of the American Civil War will be familiar with Fort Sumter, an uncompleted brick fortress on an artificial island in the middle of the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina. Today a site ...