Your expert tour guide will present topics including The Ordinance of Secession, the first shots fired on Fort Sumter, the impact of the Union's bombardment of Charleston, and ultimately the surrender of our city.

Our collection of historic photographs from the period will enrich your experience and fill your mind's eye with images of the devastation incurred here during the conflict.

Learn what daily life was like in a city under siege - the second longest military siege in modern history.