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]
View showing Burnside, on horseback, leading a flank of charging soldiers past a cluster of fallen and injured Confederate soldiers. In the far right background, several other troops charge into battle., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views, places & events.
Creator
Currier & Ives
Date
c1862
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - Civil War - Campaigns & battles - Newbern [5779.F.43]
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 showing the 69th New York state Irish militia regiment, under the command of Michael Corcoran, charging the battery with bayonets. Includes a shirtless soldier on the advance; several fallen soldiers in the foreground; and the "Prince of Wales" flag on display., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views, places & events., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Trimmed.
Creator
Currier & Ives
Date
[1861]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - Civil War - Campaigns & battles - Bull Run [5779.F.36]
