(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 ...

April 12 marks the anniversary of the start of the American Civil War in 1861. In Charleston, SC, the American Civil War began on April 12, 1861 when Confederate Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard's artillery ...

CHARLESTON, SC (WCIV) — The National Park Service will increase park access at Fort Sumter starting June 5, reopening ferry trips and more. The museum will remain closed. On June 5, ferry trips to ...

According to legend, faces can be seen imprinted on two of Fort Sumter’s authentic battle flags which flew over the fort during the Civil War- The Union “Storm Flag” and the Confederate “Palmetto ...

A new lawsuit says the National Park Service is censoring history by removing anything that suggest America has ever been anything less than awesome.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — American historians did what they do best this weekend and that’s tell the story of history. The first shots of the Civil War took place in Charleston at Fort ...

CHARLESTON, SC (WCSC) - Sunday marks the longest government shutdown in U.S. history and local businesses are still feeling the effects. Many national parks are closed including Fort Sumter, but on ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – An item believed to be an old cannonball was safely removed from Fort Sumter over the weekend. The fort, now a popular tourist destination that sits on an island in the ...

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CHARLESTON, SC (WCSC) - The Confederate flag is no longer flying over Fort Sumter. The National Park Service said the flag, along with other historic replicas, was taken down last week in the wake of ...

CHARLESTON, SC (WCBD) – President Donald Trump this week signed the Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park Act into law. That act, which is sponsored by South Carolina Senator Tim ...