Charleston, South Carolina became the ignition point for the U.S. Civil War when Confederate forces bombarded Fort Sumter, ...

Join us on a historic tour of Fort Sumter, the site where the American Civil War began. During our visit with the National Park Service, we discovered an artillery projectile still lodged in the brick ...

Jamelle Bouie, a columnist at the New York Times, has recently been drawing a lot of parallels between what’s going on in the ...

Author and historian David Mowery will present “Cincinnati in the Civil War: Then and Now” at the next regular meeting of the ...

In 1865, Congress passes the 13th Amendment. The war ends, Lincoln is assassinated and the states ratify the amendment later ...

Signs posted at Fort Moultrie and Fort Sumter ask visitors to report any information they experienced that may place American history in a negative light.

Learn about Civil War history at Fort Sumter National Monument is ranked #21 out of 28 things to do in Charleston, SC. See pictures and our review of Learn about Civil War history at Fort Sumter ...

The Civil War ended in 1865, but for Minnesota and the one-time rebel state of Virginia, the battle continues over a prized ...

History can be cruel. Charles Sumner, the great abolitionist senator from Massachusetts, is remembered only for being beaten ...

The Battle of Sullivan’s Island was a key victory in South Carolina history that took place just days before the country ...

South Carolina's coast is sinking, putting historical sites in Charleston and across the Palmetto State squarely in the cross ...

Before it became a golf course, the land now home to Hurstbourne Country Club and its surrounding neighborhood was a crucial ...