During our guided tour of Fort Sumter with the National Park Service, we discovered an original Civil War artillery shell still embedded in the fort’s brick wall. This powerful visual reminder of the ...

The fort, named for the U.S. Army’s chief engineer, Gen. Joseph Totten, was designed by Capt. Robert E. Lee in 1857 and constructed during the second year of the war, in 1862.

Fort C.F. Smith was part of a series of forts built during the Civil War called the Arlington ... and a workshop where visitors can learn why forts were built in Arlington and how to design one.

Click here to see 33 Civil War forts you can still visit. We focused on accessible sites that are open to the public. Some contain original structures or ruins, ...

Key Highlight: Fort Sumter is a must-see, especially for kids and history buffs. You probably remember Fort Sumter as the place where the first shot of the Civil War was fired back in 1861. Today ...

Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park will commemorate the first shots of the American Civil War on April 15 and April 16 with a special event.

No Union victory in the Civil War came easier than the capture of New Orleans. When Union forces sailed up the Mississippi River in 1862 — just over a year after Louisiana seceded — the city ...

South Carolina's first state flag adopted in 1861 – just months before the Battle of Fort Sumter kickstarted the American Civil War – featured key elements inspired by Moultrie and his men: an ...

A developer has unearthed human remains that could be two centuries old while digging to lay the foundation of a new Nashville project not far from a Civil War fort and a cemetery dating back to 1822.

A Civil War-era cannonball was discovered and safely removed at Fort Sumter National Historic Park in South Carolina on Saturday, according to local news reports. Emergency services were called to ...

The Texas Civil War Museum located on Jim Wright Freeway in White Settlement closed its doors Thursday, after nearly 20 years in business. Chris Torres [email protected] Since 2006, one of ...