Fort Sumter sat on an artificial island at the mouth of Charleston Harbor. It was unfinished. Less than half its guns were in ...

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Inauguration Day, March 4, 1861. On a brilliantly sunny day in Washington, arguably the biggest moment of Mary Todd Lincoln’s ...

The Windsor ruins remained in the family until 1974, when the 2.1 acres containing the skeletal classic architecture were ...

For community college students navigating U.S. history alongside sociology and economics, the Road to Secession often feels like a static list of dates. But a fresh look at the 1860–1861 timeline, ...

The Colonel Matthew Singleton Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution held its annual commemoration at Fort Watson to observe the 245th anniversary of the Siege of Fort Watson.

Truman Library and Museum, history stopped feeling distant. Instead of reading about the founding of the United States in a ...

UPDATE: The Sumter County Sheriff's Office says Joseph Brown was captured near County Road 675 late Sunday night. Original story below: BUSHNELL, Fla. — An inmate has escaped from the Sumter County ...

SUMTER, S.C. — One person has been arrested and charged with attempted murder after a fight between coworkers at a Sumter business escalated to a stabbing incident. Sumter County Sheriff's deputies ...

SUMTER, S.C. — Authorities say a vacant former restaurant on Broad Street in Sumter was damaged on Thursday when a fire broke out on the front of the building. The Sumter Fire Department said crews ...