The Civil War at Charleston

Marking the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War
Programs, resources and booklists at the Charleston County Public Library.

Civil War Charleston from CivilWarTraveler.com
Civil war-related sites, houses, museums in Charleston. Few places are more closely associated with early Civil War history than Charleston. Many know the story of the secession fever that gripped the state and the city, resulting in the signing here on Dec. 20, 1860, the document that took South Carolina out of the Union. And most can tell the story of the first shots fired at Fort Sumter a few months later. But Charleston's Civil War story didn't end in the spring of 1861.

Charleston Museum home page 

Charleston Museum Special Exhibit – Clothing and Textiles of the Civil War

Civil War Related Photographs of Charleston: From the Civil War Homepage

Fort Sumter National Monument
From the U.S. National Park Service.

Friends of the Hunley
History, resources, archaeology and education links about the H.L. Hunley, the first submarine to sink and enemy ship on Feb. 17, 1864 during the Civil War at Charleston.

Time Line of the American Civil War
From American Memory at the Library of Congress.