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

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

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

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 ...

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 has been added to the Underground Railroad Network to Freedom, highlighting a less understood aspect of the South ...

Cabinet-building has long been crucial for both the success of a presidency and for the direction of the United States. From ...

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 ...

This April marks the 150th anniversary of the Civil War’s first battle, at Fort Sumter in South Carolina. For the next four years, national park units across the country will host special events to ...

Ruffin claimed to have fired the first shot aimed at Fort Sumter in April 1861. When the ensuing Civil War ended in disaster ...

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 ...

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 ...