During our guided tour of Fort Sumter with the National Park Service, we discovered an original Civil War artillery shell still embedded in the fort’s brick wall. This powerful visual reminder of the ...

The iconic fort known as Fort Sumter is where the American Civil War erupted. Today, it stands tall as a weathered beacon amidst the windswept waters of Charleston Harbor. With its timeworn brick ...

But we were NPS groupies and history nerds, with the lead-up to the nation’s 250 th birthday on our minds, and on previous trips, we’d enjoyed Fort Sumter in Charleston, Fort Pulaski in Savannah, ...

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 ...

SULLIVAN’S ISLAND, S.C. (WCSC) - Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park together have contributed more than $35.9 million towards the local economy in 2023, according to a new report ...

There is so much more to Fort Adams than a State Park and music festivals. There is so much more to Fort Adams than a State Park and music festivals. Delve into the military history that lives ...

"Fort Sumter is one of a kind. There is no other place in the world where the American Civil War started, so this is the only place where it started, and it is unique in that regard," Reid said. "It's ...

Confederate troops stationed at Fort Johnson famously fired at American soldiers based at Fort Sumter, starting the Civil War. Today, both forts are threatened by sea level rise, including a ...

Posted: Aug 8, 2022 / 08:40 AM EDT Updated: Aug 9, 2022 / 02:24 PM EDT CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – An item believed to be a historic ordnance was safely removed from Fort Sumter over the weekend.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - A well-known fort on the Charleston Harbor was closed Saturday as crews worked to safely remove a historic ordnance. The Emergency Service Divisions was called out to Fort ...