On an artificial island 4 miles from downtown stands an unlikely reminder of the cost of national disunion, a granite ...

The federal government shutdown over Congress’ funding impasse is now in effect. There are 25,000 federal workers in South ...

Damnation to the Yankees -- We hate each other so -- The unluckiest man -- I picked him myself -- A free-love arrangement -- The honor-savers -- Where's the fire? -- Peaceably, if possible -- No time ...

On April 12, 1861, Captain George S. James fired the first Confederate shot at Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina, leading to a siege, a Union retreat and the start of the Civil War. Exhibits ...

Charleston, South Carolina, is home to a long-abandoned island fortress just off the city's coast that was once a significant Civil War military site.

South Carolina's history is enmeshed in America's military past, with historic forts and battlefields preserved at important sites like Camden, South Carolina's oldest inland city full of Southern ...

The showdown between Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy and the Bureau of Land Management has now moved into a new phase, marked not by the armed showdown long-desired by anti-government activists, but by ...