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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

FORT SUMTER, S.C. -- The nation's bloodiest war started with a historic battle in which no one died. The Civil War, a conflict that would end with about 620,000 fatalities, began at Fort Sumter on ...

A Civil War-era cannonball was discovered and safely removed at Fort Sumter National Historic Park in South Carolina on Saturday, according to local news reports. Emergency services were called to ...

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 ...