Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor remains filled with 3 feet of water from Tropical Storm Irma's rains and tidal surge, the National Park Service said Tuesday afternoon. There was some damage to the ...
The Department of Interior revealed in court filings June 17 that at least two signs once posted at Fort Sumter and Fort ...
FORT SUMTER NATIONAL MONUMENT, S.C.FORT SUMTER NATIONAL MONUMENT, S.C. — Re-enactors played “Yankee Doodle” as they took away the Union flag and recreated Fort Sumter’s surrender to Confederate ...
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — American historians did what they do best this weekend and that’s tell the story of history. The first shots of the Civil War took place in Charleston at Fort ...
Fort Sumter is an island built of rock and granite at the mouth of Charleston's harbor, accessible only by boat. It was federal government property, and after South Carolina seceded, Confederate ...
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 ...
The Civil War began here shortly before dawn when a mortar on the starlit beach fired a single shot high into the sky over this proud and elegant city. From Fort Sumter, the gun's target out in the ...
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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, SC (WCSC) - Erosion is threatening historic Fort Sumter in the Charleston Harbor, according to a study published in May of 2017 by the U.S. Naval Academy. Fort Sumter is a national ...
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