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 ...

Most folks will tell you the Civil War began April 12, 1861, with the first shots fired on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. Many historians, however, say the war actually began 164 years ago this ...

The Pentagon is rushing to provide the Trump administration with options to vastly expand the military’s footprint from Texas ...

and the whitewashed bricks were built for the War of 1812, and then our fort was very active during the American Civil War,” he said. Before the Coastal Heritage Society took over, this place ...

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 ...

Plans to regenerate Fort Regent have been scrapped by the government. It confirmed the plans made by the previous council of ministers were now "unfeasible in the current economic climate".