Important from Charleston. Major Anderson taken! : Entrance obtained under a flag of truce New Yorkers implicated! Great excitement. What will the Southern Confederacy do next? On the 8th inst., about 12 hours before midnight under cover of a bright sun, Col. George S. Cook, of the Charleston Photographic Light Artillery, with a strong force, made his way to Fort Sumter. ... Col. Cook immediately and heroically penetrated to the presence of Maj. Anderson, and levelling a double barrelled camera, demanded his unconditional surrender in the name of E. Anthony and the photographic community. Seeing that all resistance would be in vain, the major at once surrendered, and was borne in triumph to Charleston, forwarded to New York, and is now for sale in the shape of exquisite card photographs at 25 cts. per copy / by E. Anthony, 501 Broadway. The trade can send orders through their agent. | Library Company of Philadelphia Digital Collections

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Creator	E. Anthony (Firm)
Contributor	Cook, George S. (George Smith), 1819-1902.
	McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Title	Important from Charleston. Major Anderson taken! : Entrance obtained under a flag of truce New Yorkers implicated! Great excitement. What will the Southern Confederacy do next? On the 8th inst., about 12 hours before midnight under cover of a bright sun, Col. George S. Cook, of the Charleston Photographic Light Artillery, with a strong force, made his way to Fort Sumter. ... Col. Cook immediately and heroically penetrated to the presence of Maj. Anderson, and levelling a double barrelled camera, demanded his unconditional surrender in the name of E. Anthony and the photographic community. Seeing that all resistance would be in vain, the major at once surrendered, and was borne in triumph to Charleston, forwarded to New York, and is now for sale in the shape of exquisite card photographs at 25 cts. per copy / by E. Anthony, 501 Broadway. The trade can send orders through their agent.
Title	Major Anderson taken
Publisher	[New York, N.Y. : s.n]
Publisher	N.Y. New York. 1861
Date	[1861?]
Physical Description	1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 22 x 16 cm.
Notes	Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook.
	Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Subject	Anderson, Robert, 1805-1871.
	Carte de visite photographs.
	Print dealers -- New York (State) -- New York.
Genre	Advertisements -- Carte de visite photographs.
	Broadsides.
Provenance	McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location	Library Company of Philadelphia\| Books & Other Texts \| Rare \| sm # Am 1861 E Anthony 5794.F.6a (McAllister)
Accession number	5794.F.6a (McAllister)