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]
