While touring historic Fort Sumter with the National Park Service, we spotted a Civil War artillery projectile still embedded in the brick wall—right where it struck over 160 years ago. Join us as we ...
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Fort Sumter – The First Shots of the Civil War
In April 1861, Confederate forces fired on Union-held Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, igniting the American Civil War. The bombardment marked the start of four years of conflict. Donald Trump ...
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 — Well, it’s not much to look at. But this small square of tattered, tawny fabric is believed to be a piece of the flag Union troops hoisted above Fort Sumter to announce their surrender — ...
Same as his "History of the fall of Fort Sumpter", 1896, with list of illustrations and plan added. https://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=liball ...
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