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 ...

South Carolina, with its rich history steeped in military significance, often evokes images of Fort Sumter, the site where the Civil War's first ... hidden gem is Fort Moultrie, perched on ...

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

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

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 ...

You probably remember Fort Sumter as the place where the first shot of the Civil War was fired back in 1861. Today, you can see for yourself where all the action happened by taking a ferry to the ...

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 fort served as a facility for casualty support and hospital care until the end of the Civil War. Once the conflict ended, the U.S. Department of Defense found various uses for the building and ...

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 ...

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 ...