Where the fighting began…this Civil War destination is a great place to start your study of the conflict. So much information within the nuseum on the Fort grounds. It is somewhat difficult to picture what the fort really looked like just by looking around at the present-day structure. The battery that was built into it was a surprise. I would recommend to anyone to go to the fort at least once.

Go up on the upper level and look to the other forts…Moultrie, Johnson, etc. Even though most of the battery locations are long gone, it can at least give you some understanding of how completely hopeless it was in the fort once the Confederates opened on it.

The only problem with the visit to the fort is that you only have 1 hour on the “island.” The trip out and back takes more time than what you actually spend on the land. Check out the museum to see the artifacts, but get out and walk around the fort and take in as much as you can during the short amount of time that you are there.