But the Battle of Fort Sumter was a call to arms for both sides. The great convulsion had come at last, releasing stresses accumulated over generations of sectional strife. "We were waiting and ...

The Battle of Fort Sumter in April 1861 marked the explosive start of the American Civil War. Confederate forces fired over 4,000 shells at the Union garrison in Charleston Harbor, forcing a ...

Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park will commemorate the 249th anniversary of the Battle of Sullivan’s Island on June 28.

P.G.T. Beauregard's artillery fired on the Union occupied Fort Sumter. Union Major Robert Anderson ... the fort to the Confederates. This battle caused both North and South to rally for more ...