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Cutting down the U.S. flagstaff, under the direction of Major Anderson, at Fort Moultrie, Charleston Harbor, S.C., on Christmas night, 1860
[Interior view of Fort Sumter, taken April 1861, the day after its evacuation by Major Anderson]
[Charleston, S.C. Federal squadron dressed with flags for the anniversary of Maj. Robert Anderson's surrender (1861) seen from a parapet of Fort Sumter]
[Charleston, S.C. Federal squadron dressed with flags for the anniversary of Maj. Robert Anderson's surrender (1861) seen from a parapet of Fort Sumter]
[Two views: Group of guns and gun carriages dismantled by Major Anderson at Fort Moultire; Battery at Fort Moultrie, bearing on Fort Sumter]
[Charleston, S.C. Site of the night attack on Fort Sumter, September 8, 1863]
[Charleston, S.C. Federal squadron dressed with flags for the anniversary of Maj. Robert Anderson's surrender (1861) seen from a parapet of Fort Sumter]
[Charleston, S.C. Site of the night attack on Fort Sumter, September 8, 1863]
[Soldiers standing in snow-covered military camp, possibly in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, during American Revolution]
Evacuation of Fort Moultrie by Major Anderson and the United States troops, on Christmas night, 1860 - the troops conveying powder and other stores in sloop to Fort Sumpter [sic]
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Title and other information transcribed from caption card and from looking at the item.
Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 11, no. 269 (1861 Jan. 19), pp. 136-7 (top of page).
Caption card tracings: C.W. Forts; U.S. Hist; Geogr.; Forts.
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moultrie
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christmas night
powder
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sumpter
1861
19th century
confederate states of america
south carolina
civil war
illustrations
fort sumter
Date
01/01/1861
Source
Library of Congress
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