Shows Union soldiers at the island encampment firing several lines of cannons at the forts and batteries in the distance. Other soldiers man a barricade behind the cannons. Also shows a steamer and submarines firing from the harbor. Includes the names of the forts printed below the image., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War materials., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Reaccessioned as P.9177.15.
Creator
Currier & Ives
Date
[1863]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - Civil War - Campaigns & battles - Charleston [5794.F.2]
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]
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]
