Confederate President Jefferson Davis ordered his commander in Charleston, General Beauregard, to destroy the fort before the food could arrive.

VOA: special.2009.08.13

At least three Indian tribes were living in the area that became Charleston when Spanish explorers arrived in Fifteen-Twenty-One.

VOA: special.2010.10.04

(Silence) On April tenth, Jefferson Davis sent his decision to the Confederate commander at Charleston, General Pierre Beauregard.

VOA: special.2009.08.06

Six days after South Carolina seceded from the Union, the commander of Charleston's forts decided to move his men to Fort Sumter.

VOA: special.2009.07.23

The Charleston Museum displays objects that came from the "low country" -- the land along South Carolina's coast.

VOA: special.2010.07.09

It was thought that a civilian ship could get into Charleston Harbor before state forces could act.

VOA: special.2009.07.23

On his second day as president, Lincoln received some bad news from Fort Sumter at Charleston,South Carolina.

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The southerners wanted him to recognize South Carolina and order all federal troops out of Charleston Harbor.

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But he sent two men separately to Charleston to get him information on the situation there.

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Soldiers of the new Confederate States of America shelled the Union base at Fort Sumter, built on an island in Charleston Harbor in South Carolina.

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The governor then ordered state soldiers to seize the other two forts in Charleston Harbor.

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The smoke was seen by United States navy ships a few miles outside Charleston Harbor.

VOA: special.2009.08.13

Captain Fox said soldiers and supplies could be sent down to Charleston in ships.

VOA: special.2009.08.06

A heavy mortar roared, sending a shell high over the harbor at Charleston,South Carolina.

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There were several United States forts in and around the Port of Charleston.

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When the ship arrived in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina soldiers were waiting.

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And he would be forced to close the Port of Charleston.

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The Democratic nominating convention opened in April in Charleston, South Carolina.

VOA: special.2009.07.09

He ordered state soldiers to stop every boat in Charleston Harbor.

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The huge plantations near Charleston were also in need of rebuilding.

VOA: special.2010.10.04

He said he would keep federal troops in Charleston Harbor.

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Ward Lamon went to Charleston after Fox returned to Washington.

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The booming of the cannons woke the people of Charleston.

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The fort was built on an island in Charleston Harbor.

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A major storm struck Charleston in September nineteen-eighty-nine.

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The Charleston Museum calls itself America's first museum.

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