A single cannon shell burst in a flash of light high above Fort Sumter. This was the signal ... KidsPost giving readers a kids’-eye view of the Civil War. She is the author of “Shades of ...

The Civil War began at 4:30 am on April 12, 1861 at Ft. Sumter, Charleston, SC. Confederate gunners fired on Ft. Sumter in Charleston, SC on April 12, 1861. Ft. Sumter fell 34 hours later.

During the winter of 1860-61, the citizens of Charleston (map), South Carolina, were so sure that no war would follow their recent move to secede from the United States of America that the fiery ...

The iconic fort known as Fort Sumter is where the American Civil War erupted. Today, it stands tall as a weathered beacon ...

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 ...

Larson wrote his new book, "The Demon of Unrest," about the events leading up to the bombardment of Fort Sumter by Confederate forces – the first shots fired in the Civil War. Larson calls it ...

The first shots of the Civil War took place in Charleston at Fort Sumter.Confederate troops opened fire at 4:30 a.m. on April 12, 1861, sparking the start of war in the Lowcountry. On Sunday ...

Authorized in 1827 by Secretary of War John C. Calhoun, Fort Sumter was still not finished when the nation slid into civil war over sectional issues. Nevertheless, it became the “flashpoint for the ...

Atop it, five Civil War-era flags flap in the sea breeze beside ... said Tim Stone, superintendent of Fort Sumter National Monument. "Could they in any way have thought that this was going to ...