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Fort Sumter National Monument: Media

historical park, Charleston, South Carolina, United States

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Know how the Battle of Fort Sumter signaled the start of the American Civil War
Learn about the Battle of Fort Sumter (April 12–14, 1861), the opening engagement...
Video: © Civil War Trust (A Britannica Publishing Partner)

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Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter, near Charleston, South Carolina, lithograph by Currier & Ives, published...
Currier & Ives./Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (LC-USZC2-2354)
Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter, a symbolic outpost of Union authority near Charleston, South Carolina,...
North Wind Picture Archives
Fort Sumter
Interior of Fort Sumter, near Charleston, South Carolina, during the attack on the...
Currier & Ives./Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (LC-USZC2-2663)
Fort Sumter, 1861
Interior view of Fort Sumter, South Carolina, under the Confederate flag, April 15,...
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (reproduction no. LC-DIG-ppmsca-32284)
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