Charleston
City
Port city in South Carolina, founded in 1670, where the first shots of the American Civil War were fired at Fort Sumter in 1861.
Events here 5
- June 28, 1776 Battle of Sullivan's Island
- March 29 – May 12, 1780 Siege of Charleston
- April 7, 1863 First Battle of Charleston Harbor
- September 8, 1863 Second Battle of Fort Sumter
- June 17, 2015 Charleston church shooting