Historical Marker
Cooper - O'Conner House
Historical marker location:
180 Broad Street, Charleston, South Carolina
( Marker is on Broad Street, on the right when traveling west.)
circa 1855.
South Carolina was the site of the first battle of the Civil War. In April 1861, Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter, a federal fort located in Charleston Harbor. The bombardment lasted for 34 hours and resulted in the surrender of the fort to the Confederates.