Fort Sumter

Fort Sumter is an incomplete sea fort at the mouth of Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, where the battle that sparked the American Civil War took place. Built on an artificial island in 1829 in response to the War of 1812, which had exposed the inadequacy of American coastal defenses, it remained unfinished on April 12, 1861, when it was attacked by Confederate Forces and greatly damaged. Efforts at rebuilding after the Civil War never completed the fort's original plan, but since the middle of the 20th century it has been open to the public and operated by the National Park Service.

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Fort Sumter ranks #105 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #1 of the 105 mapped in United States. Founded 1811, it is older than 12% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 562 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 39,147 times in the last 60 days, more than 99% of the atlas. 2 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how United States compares in the castle statistics.

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