A historic site in the mouth of the harbor of Charleston in South Carolina. Confederate forces fired on US troops here in April 1861, beginning the Civil War.
Definition of Fort Sumter in US English:
Fort Sumter
proper nounˌfôrt ˈsəmtər
A historic site in the mouth of the harbor of Charleston in South Carolina. Confederate forces fired on US troops here in April 1861, beginning the Civil War.