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Fort Sumter - National Monument, South Carolina

By: National Parks Service

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Historical Handbook Series (National Parks Service)


Product Info

Title
Fort Sumter - National Monument, South Carolina
Category
Author
Frank Barnes
Publish Year
1952
Pages
60
Dimensions
6x9.25x.25"
NKG Part #
2148162607
Type
Softcover
Series
23

Description

Fort Sumter is a Third System masonry sea fort located in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. The fort is best known as the site upon which the shots that started the American Civil War were fired, at the Battle of Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861. In 1966, the site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.