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Fort Sumter National Monument
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You can't get to Fort Sumter from Fort Moultrie.

All mail is received at Park Headquarters, located at Fort Moultrie on Sullivan's Island. For driving directions to all of our sites, please see the Directions page.
Did You Know?  

Did You Know?
The island where Fort Sumter stands 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.

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Last Updated: September 02, 2006 at 11:20 EST