He had experience in Congress as both a representative and senator, and had been secretary of war under President Franklin ...

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 ...

Confederate flags will fly above the parade ground inside Fort Sumter after being removed from the fort’s outer wall following the shooting deaths of nine black parishioners at Charleston’s ...

We must become critical consumers of history again. Our present-day society demands it. We as black historians and consumers have a new black power. We finally have a platform to give our studied ...

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

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William Waud’s sketches predate the attack on Fort Sumter and offer a glimpse into the last days of the prewar South. He was sketching among the crowds watching from the seawall as Confederate ...

Confederate forces attack Fort Sumter in South Carolina to ignite the Civil War. Lincoln mandates that all states provide troops to stop the rebellion, forcing those states that had remained ...

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 Confederates opened fire on Fort Sumter and, in doing so ... The fighting was inconclusive and made McDowell reconsider his plan of attack. McDowell's pause to reformulate his plan of attack after ...

Rucker. The base was redesignated Fort Novosel in 2023 as part of an effort to scrub names honoring Confederate troops. The name was selected in honor of CW4 Michael J. Novosel Sr., a Medal of ...