The Benjamin DuPré House

Historical marker location:

317 East Bay Street, Charleston, South Carolina

( Marker is on East Bay Street (U.S. 52) near George Street, on the right when traveling south.)

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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.