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 ...

Charleston, South Carolina became the ignition point for the U.S. Civil War when Confederate forces bombarded Fort Sumter, one of the last Union strongholds in the South. The video dives into the ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. — It sits in the middle of Charleston Harbor, 3.4 miles from the southside of town, but it was what happened at Fort Sumter that forever changed this country and started a bloody four ...

Damnation to the Yankees -- We hate each other so -- The unluckiest man -- I picked him myself -- A free-love arrangement -- The honor-savers -- Where's the fire? -- Peaceably, if possible -- No time ...