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  2. Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park

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    The Fort Sumter Visitor Education Center is located at 340 Concord Street, Liberty Square, Charleston, South Carolina, on the banks of the Cooper River. [3] The center features museum exhibits about the disagreements between the North and South that led to the incidents at Fort Sumter, particularly in South Carolina and Charleston.

  3. Fort Sumter - Wikipedia

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    Fort Sumter is a sea fort built on an artificial island near Charleston, South Carolina, to defend the region from a naval invasion. It was built after British forces captured and occupied Washington during the War of 1812 via a naval attack.

  4. The One Thing You Have to Do in Every State - AOL

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    Now a national monument, Fort Sumter is accessible by boat only. Tours include a trip around Charleston Harbor, where dolphin sightings are common, and an hourlong ranger-led visit to the cannon ...

  5. Charleston, South Carolina - Wikipedia

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    Fort Sumter, the site of the first shots fired in the Civil War, is located in Charleston Harbor. The National Park Service maintains a visitor center for Fort Sumter at Liberty Square (near the South Carolina Aquarium), and boat tours including the fort depart nearby.

  6. Charleston Harbor - Wikipedia

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    The harbor contains Fort Sumter, the site of the first shots of the American Civil War. Charleston Harbor was also the site of the first successful submarine attack in history on February 17, 1864, when the H.L. Hunley made a daring night attack on the USS Housatonic, during the American Civil War. [3]

  7. Confederate Defenders of Charleston - Wikipedia

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    In April 1861, Fort Sumter, a sea fort held by the Union Army near Charleston, South Carolina, was besieged by Confederate forces, who would later take control of the fortification and hold it throughout the American Civil War until February 1865, [1] the same year the war ended.

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