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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(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 ...

As March slipped into April in 1861, America stood at a crossroads. About the only thing the North and South agreed on was that neither wanted to start the American Civil War. If President Abraham ...

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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.

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 ...

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 ...

In the months before the April 12, 1861, firing on Fort Sumter, there were lots of sharp divisions in the North about the proper reaction to the first seven Confederate states that had already left ...

More than two decades have passed since historian Jay Winik wrote about the end of the Civil War with a book with “April 1865: The Month That Saved America.” His latest book covers the period of time ...