Named for Revolutionary War general and South Carolina native Thomas Sumter, Fort Sumter was one of nearly 50 forts built as part of the so-called Third System, a coastal defense program implemented by Congress in 1817.
In simple terms, the U.S. Armed Forces are made up of the five armed service branches: Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, and Navy.
There are three branches of the U.S. Government: the Executive branch (president, the cabinet and staff), the Legislative branch (the Senate and the House of Representatives, â¦ together called the Congress), and the Judicial branch (the U.S. Supreme Court).