Details
Creator Currier & Ives.
Contributor McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Title Interior of Fort Sumter during the bombardment, April 12th 1861. [graphic]
Publisher New York: Published by Currier & Ives, 152 Nassau St
Publisher N.Y. New York. 1861
Date [1861]
Physical Description 1 print : lithograph, hand-colored; 34 x 46 cm.(13.25 x 18 in.)
Description Shows Major Robert Anderson, Union commander of the fort, overseeing his soldiers manning cannons during the first battle of the Civil War. The men gather cannon balls, hold sponge-rammers at the ready, and fire the cannons. The fort fell to Confederates following 33 hours of bombardment on April 13th, 1861.
Is referenced by Conningham, Currier & Ives 3318
Notes Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War material.
Subject Anderson, Robert, 1805-1871 -- Military service.
Forts & fortifications -- South Carolina -- Charleston.
Geographic subject Fort Sumter (Charleston, S.C.) -- Siege, 1861.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns & battles.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military facilities -- Union.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military personnel -- Union.
Genre Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1860-1870.
Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *GC - Civil War - Campaigns & battles - Fort Sumter [5794.F.4]
Accession number 5794.F.4