The Washington Post

When Fort Sumter was fired on in 1861, modern America was born

The Civil War began here shortly before dawn when a mortar on the starlit beach fired a single shot high into the sky over this proud and elegant city. From Fort Sumter, the gun's target out in the ...
Reuters

Flag raising at Fort Sumter recalls Civil War's end 150 years ago

CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - Civil War re-enactors raised an American flag at the Fort Sumter National Monument during a ceremony on Tuesday commemorating the 150th anniversary of the symbolic end to ...
NPR

S.C. Marks The Day Cannons Roared At Fort Sumter

S.C. Marks The Day Cannons Roared At Fort Sumter The first shots of the Civil War were fired 150 years ago Tuesday at Fort Sumter in South Carolina. The state was the first to secede from the Union; ...
The New York Times

Fort Sumter and Rifled Ordnance Interesting Experiments.

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The Washington Post

Attack on Fort Sumter marked start of war

Boom! A single cannon shell burst in a flash of light high above Fort Sumter. This was the signal for the Confederate attack on the U.S. fort to begin. It was also the moment our Civil War began — ...
Post and Courier

Fort Sumter removes sign describing climate change effects after Trump administration directive

FORT SUMTER — At its exposed location at the mouth of Charleston Harbor, Fort Sumter was the target of the first shots fired in the Civil War. More than a century and half later, it's part of a new ...
The New York Times

The Fort Sumter Correspondence.

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Time

See Early Photos of the Aftermath From the Attack on Fort Sumter

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Post and Courier

Private dollars keep tours to Fort Sumter afloat as the government shutdown goes on. What’s next?

CHARLESTON — When the government shut down Oct. 1, tours to Fort Sumter abruptly ceased, as funding to staff national parks across the country was cut off. But the Charleston excursions to and from ...
The Atlantic

Charleston Under Arms

On Saturday morning. January 19, 1861, the steamer Columbia, from New York, lay off the harbor of Charleston in full sight of Fort Sumter. It is a circumstance which perhaps would never have reached ...
National Review

Fort Sumter, April 12, 1861

Lindsey Graham, R.I.P. Lindsey Graham Infuriated and Charmed His Critics The Genius of the U.S. Constitution Sustaining an American National Identity Requires Civic Education Let’s Treat Criminals ...