South Carolina. Federal troops returned the fire. The Civil War had begun. Immediately following the attack, four more states -- Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee -- severed their ...

Five days before Christmas in 1860, South Carolina seceded from the Union. Here's what Charleston was like as the Civil War ...

Settled by the English in 1670, the colony named for King Charles I was split into North and South Carolina in 1710. Largely agricultural, settlers relied heavily on the slave trade to work rice ...

As the Union blockade squeezed the Confederate coast during the Civil War, Fort Fisher in North Carolina took on ever more ...

As many as 20% of Civil War soldiers were younger than 18 ... at places such as Fort Wagner, South Carolina, and Saltville and Petersburg, both in Virginia. Still, through all of the madness ...

With good-looking cities and towns, sandy beaches and Lowcountry locales, South Carolina is home to ... across the country have taken notice. Civil War history buffs can tour Fort Sumter in ...

The Citadel's alumni include veterans of many wars, from the Civil War and World War II to more recent conflicts. The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina is a public institution that ...