(WHTM) — On Dec. 20, 1860, South Carolina became the first state to secede from the Union following the election of Abraham Lincoln as President. At the time U.S. Army Major Robert Anderson commanded ...

On April 12, 1861, Confederate artillery fired the first shots of the U.S. Civil War on Fort Sumter, a Federal stronghold located at the mouth of Charleston Harbor in South Carolina. With the election ...

Most folks will tell you the Civil War began April 12, 1861, with the first shots fired on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. Many historians, however, say the war actually began 164 years ago this ...

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20 pivotal battles, including the introduction of ironclad warships, during the Civil War that permanently changed American ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — Cadets from The Citadel opened fire on a Union ship bound for Fort Sumter on this date 164 years ago, marking what some might call the unofficial first shots of the Civil War ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — Sunday marks 165 years since Confederate forces opened fire on the Union-held Fort Sumter in the Charleston Harbor, an attack that marked the start of the American Civil War.

The final days of the Civil War sesquicentennial are here and in recognition of this historical time in the United States, the harbor will be aglow. A reenactment of the re-raising of the U.S. flag ...

One Hundred Sixty Years Ago: On March 4, 1861, Abraham Lincoln closed his first inaugural address with a clear message to the seven states that seceded from the Union in the wake of his election.

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 ...