Charleston Sights

Fort Sumter Visitor & Education Center

#5 of 47 things to do in Charleston

#5 of 68 things to do in South Carolina

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  • Address
    • Charleston Harbor
  • Transport
    • from Patriot's Point in Mt Pleasant
    • from National Park Service's Fort Sumter Visitor & Education Center
  • Website
  • Phone
    • tel, info: 843 722 1691
    • fax, info: 800 789 3678
  • Hours
    • Summer until 17:30, winter from 11:30. 2hr tours available.

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Lonely Planet review for Fort Sumter Visitor & Education Center

Confederates fired the first shots of the Civil War at Fort Sumter, an artificial island at the entrance to Charleston Harbor, where the Union army had retreated. The Union contingent surrendered and, as a Confederate stronghold, Fort Sumter was shelled by Union forces from 1863 to 1865.

By the end of the war it was a pile of rubble, and some very forbidding concrete defenses were added later. A few original guns and fortifications and the obvious strategic location give a feel for the momentous history here, and there's a good little museum as well.

 

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