• Currier & Ives lithograph depicting the bombardment of Fort Sumter

    Fort Sumter

    National Monument South Carolina

  • Fort Sumter Elevators Out Of Service

    The elevators at Fort Sumter are out of service until further notice. Disabled visitors departing from Liberty Square will have access to restrooms on board the ferry boat while at Fort Sumter. For more information, please call (843) 883-3123.

Civil War

These programs will helps students understand many different facets of the Civil War, from the life of a soldier to how civilian coped with daily life. Please check back as more programs are getting added everyday.

Building an Army

Activity Plan       Activity Background

Activity Sheet     Activity Answer Key

 


Civil War Money

Activity Plan       Activity sheet and answer key



Civil War Weapons

Activity Plan       Information Sheet

 


Daily life of a Civil War solider

Activity Plan       Information Sheet

Activity Sheet

 



Letters home

Activity plan        Information Sheet

Sample letters

If you are interested in more information regarding mail and letters during war time. Please use the link provided to go to the Smithsonian Postal Museums' program entitled "We Were There: Letters From The Battle Front." http://www.postalmuseum.si.edu/educators/we.pdf




Name that State

Activity Plan             Activity Worksheet

Activity Answer Sheet   Activity Answer Key

 


The Price in Blood! & It wasn't a bullet!

Activity plan         Activity sheet

Did You Know?

Fort Sumter as seen from the water.

Fort Sumter's island was constructed with a foundation of over 70,000 tons of granite and other rock. For over a decade contractors from as far away as New York and the Boston area delivered this material by ship and dumped it on a shoal in Charleston Harbor. Fort Sumter National Monument, SC