On the program that day were prayers by the Rev. R.S. Storrs, Jr. and an address by Rev. Henry Ward Beecher., Imprint from colophon., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date
[1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1865 Program 5794.F.12a (McAllister)
The illustrations show two sets of three soldiers facing right; an officer standing, left arm raised, telescope in right hand; and two sets of three soldiers facing left., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
Stauffer, Isaac
Date
[1861?]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1861 Stauffer (6)5777.F.2 (McAllister)
Shows Capt. Henry M. Bragg on the verge of planting the American flag into the war-ravaged pupit of Fort Sumter, repossessed by the Union as a result of General William T. Sherman's successful campaign through South Carolina. General Quincy A. Gilmore, head of the Department of the South, and a fellow soldier witness the moment as Charleston burns in the background., Copyrighted by Kimmel & Forster., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War materials.
Date
c1865
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - Civil War - Campaigns & battles - Fort Sumter [5794.F.5]
Shows Capt. Henry M. Bragg on the verge of planting the American flag into the war-ravaged pupit of Fort Sumter, repossessed by the Union as a result of General William T. Sherman's successful campaign through South Carolina. General Quincy A. Gilmore, head of the Department of the South, and a fellow soldier witness the moment as Charleston burns in the background., Originally part of a collection of Civil War ephemera., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator
Fuchs, F., lithographer
Date
[1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - Civil War - Campaigns & battles - Fort Sumter [(10)1540.F]
Printed in red and black., The illustrations show two sets of three soldiers facing right; an officer standing, left arm raised, telescope in right hand; three people, one holding a U.S. flag, with the banner: Attention!; and two sets of three soldiers facing left., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
Ramage, Benjamin
Date
[1861?]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1861 Ramage (6)5777.F.15 (McAllister)
Reproduction of a drawing mocking the Confederate military and Gen. Q.A. Gillmore's bombardment of Charleston, S.C. in August 1863. Shows a "450 lb" cannon ball, shot from a cannon on the bank of Morris Island, swiping past the backside of a Confederate officer. Also shows Fort Sumter in the background, Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of humorous caricatures and photographs., Created postfreeze., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date
[ca. 1863]
Location
Library Company of Philadephia | Print Department cdv - Miscellaneous - Civil War - Caricatures & cartoons [5780.F.51e]
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War materials., View showing the Union iron-clads, including the New Ironsides, ablaze and under heavy fire from the batteries at the harbor. Includes the names of the forts and "New Ironsides" printed below the image. Also includes several lines of text below the image describing the bravery of the vessels sustaining 300 rounds of fire for two hours before the order to retreat "on account of obstructions in the harbor."
Creator
Currier & Ives., creator
Date
c1863.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Campaigns & battles - Charleston [5794.F.1]
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., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War material.
Creator
Currier & Ives
Date
[1861]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - Civil War - Campaigns & battles - Fort Sumter [5794.F.4]
View of the opening engagement of the Civil War showing Confederate soldiers at Fort Moultrie, under the command of General P.G.T. Beauregard, manning and firing cannons at Fort Sumter in the background. Also shows the Confederate battery, Cummings Point, under a cloud of smoke from Union fire. Includes the names of the battery and forts printed below the image. Union forces under the command of Major Robert Anderson surrendered the fort on April 13, 1861., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War material., Trimmed.
Creator
Currier & Ives
Date
[1861]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - Civil War - Campaigns & battles - Fort Sumter [5794.F.3]
