Jump to navigation
Main menu
LCP Home
Search
Search Library Catalog
Search Digital Collections
How to Search the Collections
Access Terms Used in Our Catalogs
Finding Aids
Explore
Browse Collections
LCP News
Social Media
Exhibitions
Podcast
Academic Programs
Overview
Fellowships
Innovation Award
Biennial First Book Award
Seminars
Program in African American History
Program in Early American Economy and Society
The Davida T. Deutsch Program in Women’s History
Visual Culture Program
Research
Overview
Subject Guides
Finding Aids
Online Exhibitions
Bookbinding Research
Using the Library
Overview
Hours, Access, & Location
Rights & Reproductions
How to Search Collections
Potentially Harmful Materials and Descriptions Statement
Online Resources
Events
Upcoming Events
Seminars
LCP News
LCP Press Resources
Projects
Beyond Glass Cases
Library Company Papers Project
Hearing Voices
Imperfect History
Fireside Chats
Support the Library
Overview
Donate Online!
Join & Renew Membership Online
Support: Shareholding
Lecture in Honor of John C. Van Horne
Membership Benefits
Planned Giving
Annual Dinner
Junto
About LCP
Annual Reports
Staff
Board of Trustees
Employment
Affiliations
LCP Blog
Press Resources
LCP Privacy Policy
Overview and History
LCP FAQ Sheet
Interior of Fort Sumter during the bombardment, April 12th 1861. [graphic]
Persistent link:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A60289
Back to top
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
In Collections
Civil War Campaigns & Battes
Log In