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CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - Civil War re-enactors raised an American flag at the Fort Sumter National Monument during a ceremony on Tuesday commemorating the 150th anniversary of the symbolic end to ...

A stone’s throw from the hallowed ground of the Gettysburg Battlefiel d, where over 51,000 soldiers died over three days, ...

A retired National Parks historian for Forts Sumter and Moultrie, Richard Hatcher opens this new work on the history of Sumter with a look at its origins, as part of the nation’s coastal defense ...

Charleston, South Carolina became the ignition point for the U.S. Civil War when Confederate forces bombarded Fort Sumter, one of the last Union strongholds in the South. The video dives into the ...

Most folks will tell you the Civil War began April 12, 1861, with the first shots fired on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. Many historians, however, say the war actually began 164 years ago this ...

SULLIVAN’S ISLAND, S.C. (WCSC) — Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park is inviting the public to commemorate the 165th anniversary of the opening shots of the American Civil War on ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Richard Hatcher, a National Park Service Historian, provides an overview of the history of Fort Sumter and a summary of the battle that started the ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — Cadets from The Citadel opened fire on a Union ship bound for Fort Sumter on this date 164 years ago, marking what some might call the unofficial first shots of the Civil War ...

Throughout the early 1860s, the Northern and Southern states held sustained disagreements on several key issues, including economic policies, cultural values, the power and reach of the federal ...

GREENVILLE — Well, it’s not much to look at. But this small square of tattered, tawny fabric is believed to be a piece of the flag Union troops hoisted above Fort Sumter to announce their surrender — ...

According to legend, faces can be seen imprinted on two of Fort Sumter’s authentic battle flags which flew over the fort during the Civil War- The Union “Storm Flag” and the Confederate “Palmetto ...