Fort Sumter National Monument Superintendent Tim Stone said Monday the flags will be part of an historical display at the fort where the Civil War began. The display will include flags that flew ...

How could Americans be such nice and decent people and support someone so debasing, so deranged, so hate-filled? It was the ...

whether it symbolized their particular corps or the larger intentions of war. Designating flags were used to organize army units, whereas other flags directly represented the two warring factions.

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 ...

a Union retreat and the start of the Civil War. Exhibits at Fort Sumter help explain the tensions that led South Carolina to be the first state to secede the union. Visitors can also see the flag ...

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 ...

Fort Sumter was the target of the first shots of the Civil War and once it was held by Confederate forces, represented a sizeable obstacle for escaped slaves. The NPS said at least three escapes ...

“To speak as the slave would, to say that we are as happy for the Civil War as most Americans are for the Revolutionary War, is to rupture the narrative.” ...

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

South Carolina, with its rich history steeped in military significance, often evokes images of Fort Sumter, the site where the Civil War's first shots echoed. Yet, beyond this iconic landmark lies ...

Beginning with a searing indictment of slavery, this first episode dramatically evokes the causes of the war, from the Cotton ... the firing on Fort Sumter, and the jubilant rush to arms on ...