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

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park has announced the temporary closure of the Fort Moultrie Dock effective March 5.

A dock a Fort Moultrie will close for roughly one year so that it can be replaced. The Fort Moultrie Dock, which is the ...

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