A map of Charleston Harbor as it appeared in 1776.
Sergeant William Jasper raises the fallen regimental flag over Fort Moultrie on June 28, 1776.
The Fort Moultrie timeline goes back to 1809, when this third fort was constructed. Visible is the oldest standing structure remaining inside the fort, the 1809 powder magazine.
The Fort Sumter parade ground prior to the 12-13 April 1861 bombardment. This illustration was published in Harper's Weekly on February 16, 1861. Maj. Anderson had mounted a 10-inch Columbiad as a mortar.
Union Officers at Fort Sumter during the 12-13 April 1861 battle, from Harper's Weekly.
Diagram of Fort Sumter indicating location of and types of cannon during the April 12-13, 1861 opening battle of the Civil War.
Major Robert Anderson moved his 85-man garrison from Fort Moultrie to Fort Sumter on the night of December 26, 1861.
An image of Fort Sumter before the 12-13 April 1861 battle from the direction of Fort Johnson.
Fort Sumter in August 1863, from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper.
This is a print of an engraving from 1863 depicting the April 1861 bombardment of Fort Sumter.
The garrison flag was flown over Fort Sumter from January to April 1861, then re-raised over the fort on April 14, 1865, the four year anniversary of its surrender to the Confederacy. Today this delicate artifa More
During the 1870s period of modernization Fort Moultrie received new artillery and gunpowder magazines. Shown here are two 15" Rodman smoothbore cannon.
Battery Isaac Huger, an Endicott battery constructed in 1898 for the Spanish American War. This concrete structure occupies the middle of Fort Sumter.
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Downtown Charleston seen from Fort Sumter Tours boat
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