CHARLESTON — Fort Sumter sees more than 411,000 visitors per year, but one might stay a while. A burrowing owl was spotted on the grounds in late December — a rare occurrence since the owl is ...

GREENVILLE COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) – The makeshift flag soldiers at Fort Sumter used to signal their surrender to the Confederate army, kick-starting the American Civil War will be sold this month at an ...

A sandbar in Charleston Harbor is a popular destination for boaters to drop anchor and hang out next to the site that ignited the Civil War. The informal "No Name Beach," as it's known locally, could ...

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 ...

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 ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: Richard W. Hatcher is a Historian for Fort Sumter National Monument in the National Park Service with three videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1996 ...

GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - Richmond Auctions is hosting its Spring Premier Firearms & Sportsman Advertising Auction on Saturday, featuring a couple of historical items. The auction, which is ...

On an artificial island 4 miles from downtown stands an unlikely reminder of the cost of national disunion, a granite monument to discord, both a reminder of the price of division and a warning to ...

"Life in America: a special loan exhibition of paintings held during the period of the New York World's fair, April 24 to October 29, 1939," Metropolitan Museum of Art, N.Y.: Scribner press, 1939.

The Civil War began when the Confederates bombarded Union soldiers at Fort Sumter, South Carolina, on April 12, 1861. The war ended in spring 1865; Robert E. Lee surrendered the last major Confederate ...