Fort Moultrie, Fort Sumter to mark 250th anniversary of Battle of Sullivan’s Island this weekend

The battle took place on June 28, 1776 — six days before the adoption of the Declaration of Independence.

Signs removed at National Park Service sites in Charleston were destroyed. Judge orders them restored.

The Department of Interior revealed in court filings June 17 that at least two signs once posted at Fort Sumter and Fort ...
Post and Courier

Charleston's Fort Sumter still 3 feet deep in water from Tropical Storm Irma

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 ...
abcnews4

Fort Moultrie, Fort Sumter wrap up 162nd Civil War anniversary with rifle reenactments

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 ...
The Washington Post

When Fort Sumter was fired on in 1861, modern America was born

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 ...
The New York Times

Beauregard's Order That Led to Firing on Fort Sumter

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Cleveland.com

Attack on Fort Sumter re-enacted on somber 150th anniversary of Civil War

CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Booming cannons, plaintive period music and hushed crowds ushered in the 150th anniversary of America's bloodiest war on Tuesday, a commemoration that continues to underscore a ...
The New York Times

The Fort Sumter Correspondence.

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