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 ...

You probably remember Fort Sumter as the place where the first shot of the Civil War was fired ... about the fort's role in the war. According to most Charleston visitors, Fort Sumter is a must ...

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 ...

The National Parks Service closed Fort Moultrie's dock for a year-long replacement project. Fort Sumter's dock will undergo ...

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 ...