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Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, photograph by Judson McCranie, 11 October 2009.
Shown here is Fort Sumter, a notable location in US history that marked the beginning of the American Civil War. It is now a national monument within the National Park Service.
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Based on Wikipedia content that has been reviewed, edited, and republished. Original image by Judson McCranie. Uploaded by Joshua J. Mark, published on 27 July 2026. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike. This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon a work even for commercial reasons, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.
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Cite This Work
APA Style
McCranie, J. (2026, July 27). Fort Sumter, South Carolina. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21942/fort-sumter-south-carolina/
Chicago Style
McCranie, Judson. "Fort Sumter, South Carolina." World History Encyclopedia, July 27, 2026. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21942/fort-sumter-south-carolina/.
MLA Style
McCranie, Judson. "Fort Sumter, South Carolina." World History Encyclopedia, 27 Jul 2026, https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21942/fort-sumter-south-carolina/.
