A look at what happened April 7-12, 1861, before the firing on Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. The shots fired ...

The Battle of Fort Sumter in April 1861 marked the explosive start of the American Civil War. Confederate forces fired over 4,000 shells at the Union garrison in Charleston Harbor, forcing a surrender ...

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 ...

1861: Fort Sumter in South Carolina fell to Confederate forces in the first battle of the Civil War. 1873: Members of the pro-White, paramilitary White League ...

Calhoun, Fort Sumter was still not finished when the nation slid into ... Union troops occupied Morris Island and some adjacent area, to begin a 22-month siege of Charleston. Hatcher covers the ...