From National Historical Parks
Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park
I've been here!
Sign in to track this and all the NPS sites with QwestLyfe
Image
Notes
Two forts stand at the entrance of Charleston Harbor. Patriots inside a palmetto log fort, later named Fort Moultrie, defeated the Royal Navy in 1776. As Charleston blazed a path towards secession to preserve slavery, construction on a new fort, Fort Sumter, proceeded. The Confederacy fired on the US garrison of Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861 opening the Civil War, which redefined American freedom.
Contact
Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park
340 Concord Street
Charleston, SC
29401 USTags
National Historical Parks