On April 12, 1861, Captain George S. James fired the first Confederate shot at Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina, leading to a siege, a Union retreat and the start of the Civil War. Exhibits ...

One such hidden gem is Fort Moultrie, perched on Sullivan's Island ... Built to protect Charleston Harbor, it served as a prison during the Civil War, holding Union soldiers captive.

Fort Sumter has been added to the Underground Railroad Network to Freedom, according to the National Park Service.

The ship’s pilot helped his family reach freedom, then served in the Civil War and in the U.S. Congress. Robert Smalls’s ...

and on April 12 they attacked Fort Sumter, a federal stronghold in Charleston, South Carolina. Federal troops returned the fire. The Civil War had begun. Immediately following the attack ...

A pious and strong-willed king, Charles exhibited from childhood the characteristics that would lead to his downfall. By Dr Richard Cust.

The Texas Civil War Museum located on Jim Wright Freeway ... “I think it’s pretty much fulfilled the mission.” The pet project of Fort Worth oilman and part-time history buff Ray Richey ...

The outline of a fort built during the English Civil War has become visible after heavy rains caused flooding to fill a moat around the earthworks. The Earith Bulwark was built in about 1643 at ...

You might be able to get a great deal if you hold off booking a hotel near Civil War Memorial until the last minute. This is because sometimes hotels in Moultrie lower prices a day or two before the ...

The Civil War was fought in 10,000 places, from Valverde, New Mexico, and Tullahoma, Tennessee, to St. Albans, Vermont, and Fernandina on the Florida coast. More than 3 million Americans fought in ...

Since 2006, one of the country’s largest public exhibits of Civil War memorabilia found its home ... The pet project of Fort Worth oilman and part-time history buff Ray Richey announced its ...