• Currier & Ives lithograph depicting the bombardment of Fort Sumter

    Fort Sumter

    National Monument South Carolina

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  • 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.

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Fort Sumter by Ferry

NOTICE: These addresses are for GPS locations only, not for mail.

Ferries departing from the Fort Sumter Visitor Center at Liberty Square in Charleston:
340 Concord Street, Charleston, SC 29401

Ferries departing from Patriots Point in Mount Pleasant:
40 Patriots Point Road, Mount Pleasant, SC 29464

Fort Sumter by Private Boat

There is no address for Fort Sumter Island. Use the coordinate set of your choice below:

GPS: N 32 45.146 W 79 52.500

Latitude/Longitude: N32 45 08 W79 52 29
(32.752434) (-79.87499)

Fort Moultrie and Park Headquarters

GPS and Mailing Address:
1214 Middle Street, Sullivan's Island, SC 29482

Did You Know?

Composite photos of Maj. Anderson (left) and Gen. Beauregard (right)

Union Maj. Robert Anderson, commanding Fort Sumter, and Confederate Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard, commanding Charleston's forces during the first battle of the Civil War, knew each other since the 1830s. Anderson was Beauregard's artillery instructor at West Point. Fort Sumter National Monument, SC