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 ...

A retired National Parks historian for Forts Sumter and Moultrie, Richard Hatcher opens this new work on the history of Sumter with a look at its origins, as part of the nation’s coastal defense ...

GREENVILLE COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) – The makeshift flag soldiers at Fort Sumter used to signal their surrender to the Confederate army, kick-starting the American Civil War will be sold this month at an ...

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 ...

"Life in America: a special loan exhibition of paintings held during the period of the New York World's fair, April 24 to October 29, 1939," Metropolitan Museum of Art, N.Y.: Scribner press, 1939.

We went to Fort Sumter expecting a history lesson. Instead, we got a metal detector meltdown and a piece of the past that still smells like gunpowder and judgment. Arkansas will become first state to ...

Charleston is awash in military history and the Spirit of 1776 will be especially celebrated going forward. From the very first landing of European settlers in 1670 to the massive military ...