The flag of Fort Sumter, Confederate States of America.
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Major Robert Anderson, U.S.A., in command of Fort Sumpter, Charleston ...
Title page illustration showing Robert Anderson, head-and-shoulders portrait, wearing uniform, facing front. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 11, no. 271 (1861 February 2), p. 161.
Major Anderson, U.S.A. commanding Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor / lit...
Print shows Major Robert Anderson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, wearing military uniform.
Banner Brand, Confederate States of America.
Label showing Union soldier standing on cliff holding up U.S. flag and sword; Fort Sumter in background. "Manufactured by John J. Levy, New-York."
Exterior view, April, 1865, Confederate States of America.
Photograph shows a man seated on rocks amidst the debris of outer wall of Fort Sumter, a result of bombardment from August 17 to September 23, 1863. Also showing chevaux-de-frise for protection against assault.
View of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter). Interior, showing sallyport (entra...
Stereograph showing gabions and ruins inside Fort Sumter facing the entrance. Soldier being photographed on the parapet by Sam Cooley. No. 3062. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Cop... More
Charleston, South Carolina. Interior view of Fort Sumter
Stereo filed in LOT 4166C. Two plates form left (LC-B811-3131B) and right (LC-B811-3131A) halves of a stereograph pair. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
Charleston, South Carolina. Interior view of Fort Sumter
Stereo filed in LOT 4166C. Caption from negative sleeve: Fort Sumter. Annotation from negative, scratched on emulsion: copyright. Two plates form left (LC-B811-3058A) and right (LC-B811-3058B) halves of a stere... More
Outside view of Fort Sumter, March, 1865. Foot of slope on southwester...
Photograph shows two men seated on rocks amidst the debris of exterior of Fort Sumter. One man leans on a cannon. Original neg. for this print: LC-B811-3049. Variant view in LOT 4166-C. Forms part of: Visual m... More
Fort Sumter, Charleston, Charleston County, SC
Significance: The defense of this fort by its Union garrison marked the beginning of the Civil War; the existing remains display interesting structural features. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More
Fort Sumter, Charleston, Charleston County, SC
Significance: The defense of this fort by its Union garrison marked the beginning of the Civil War; the existing remains display interesting structural features. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More
Fort Sumter, Charleston, Charleston County, SC
Significance: The defense of this fort by its Union garrison marked the beginning of the Civil War; the existing remains display interesting structural features. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More
Fort Sumter, Charleston, Charleston County, SC
Significance: The defense of this fort by its Union garrison marked the beginning of the Civil War; the existing remains display interesting structural features. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More
Fort Sumter, Charleston, Charleston County, SC
Significance: The defense of this fort by its Union garrison marked the beginning of the Civil War; the existing remains display interesting structural features. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More
Fort Sumter, Charleston, Charleston County, SC
Significance: The defense of this fort by its Union garrison marked the beginning of the Civil War; the existing remains display interesting structural features. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More
Fort Sumter, Charleston, Charleston County, SC
Significance: The defense of this fort by its Union garrison marked the beginning of the Civil War; the existing remains display interesting structural features. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More
Charleston, South Carolina. Exterior view of Fort Sumter showing resul...
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Interior of Fort Sumpter [i.e. Sumter], Charleston Harbor, S.C. April ...
Stereograph shows flag-festooned stage and benches within Fort Sumter with crowd waiting for ceremony to raise the American flag in triumph. Corresponding glass negatives: LC-B811-3139A, left, and LC-B811-3139... More
Fort Sumter as seen from Morris Island, Charleston harbor, S.C.
Photograph shows the lighthouse constructed by the Union Army inside the fort and the heavily damaged exterior on the right flank after the bombardment.
Charleston, South Carolina. Flag-raising ceremony at Fort Sumter
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Charleston, South Carolina. View of Fort Sumter from the sand bar
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[Fort Sumter interior after bombardment], Confederate States of Americ...
Photograph shows damaged structures and debris inside the harbor face of Fort Sumter after the bombardment. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Title from inventory and item. Osborn & Durbec's la... More
Fort Sumter, December 9th 1863, View of South East Angle
Interior view of Fort Sumter having undergone considerable damage. Soldiers sitting amongst rubble, hauling sacks, and climbing a ladder. Ripped flag flying. Exhibit caption: When Confederate forces under Gener... More
Fort Sumter. IX. 10, Confederate States of America.
Three views of the fort. Signed on verso: Return to Mr. Alfred Waud South Orange, N.J. Titled inscribed on verso. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.119) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
View of the east face of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), Charleston Harbor...
Stereograph showing a damaged cannon among the rocks, cannon shells, and debris of the exterior of Fort Sumter. No. 3125, from series: War Views. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Han... More
Big gun on Morris Island, South Carolina
Photograph shows a group of soldiers with a 300 pound Parrott gun named "Col. Brayton" in battery Gregg on Morris Island, South Carolina. The cannon is aimed at Fort Sumter.
Inside view, Fort Sumter, Confederate States of America.
Photograph shows gabions used as reinforcements inside Fort Sumter. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with ... More
Parapet view of Fort Sumter, Charleston, S.C.
Photograph shows a view of the northeast angle of Fort Sumter taken the day after the evacuation of the fort by General Anderson on April 14, 1861. Confederate ordnance officers inspect the damage to the fort ... More
Outside view, Fort Sumter, n. east face
Photograph shows war damaged brick walls and timber reinforcements on exterior of Fort Sumter. Original neg. for this print: LC-B811-3056. Forms part of: Visual materials from the papers of O.M. Poe.
Interior of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), showing light house
Stereograph showing a beacon above a bombproof construction on the parapet of Fort Sumter, with gabions used as reinforcements. No. 344, part of series: War Views. Copyright 1865 by John P. Soule. Attributed t... More
View taken in 1861, Confederate States of America.
Photograph shows group of men at the entrance of Fort Sumter. No. 4394. Hand written on verso: Miller, vol. 9, p. 41. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Fort Sumter, Charleston, S.C. Pho... More
Interior of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), S.C., looking south, showing o...
Stereograph showing gabion reinforced retaining walls, brick chimneys, rocks and other debris inside Fort Sumter. No. 3132. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright 1865 by E. & H... More
Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), east face, Charleston Harbor, S.C., showin...
Stereograph showing broken girders among piles of rocks next to the palmetto reinforcement on the exterior wall of Fort Sumter. No. 3127. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright ... More
The light house and bomb proofs of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), S.C.
Stereograph showing the entrance to a casemate beneath a beacon tower on the parapet of Fort Sumter. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright 1865 by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. Forms... More
History repeats itself / Dalrymple., Confederate States of America.
Print shows, at center, William Jennings Bryan labeled "16 to 1", standing on a platform "Built by Popo. Platform Silver Syndicate", holding up a paper that states "'We Denounce Arbitrary Interference by Federa... More
Fort Sumpter [i.e. Sumter] from the battery, Charleston, S.C.
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Charleston, South Carolina. Exterior view of Fort Sumter
Stereo filed in LOT 4166C. Caption from negative sleeve: Fort Sumter. Two plates form left (LC-B811-3052B) and right (LC-B811-3052A) halves of a stereograph pair. Corresponding print is in LOT 4166-C. Credit li... More
[Charleston, S.C. Interior of Fort Sumter with gabions; another view]
Photograph of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Charleston, S.C., 1863-1865.
Interior of Fort Sumpter [i.e. Sumter], Charleston Harbor, S.C. April ...
Stereograph shows flag-festooned stage and benches within Fort Sumter with crowd waiting for General Robert Anderson to raise the American flag in triumph. Corresponding glass negatives: LC-B811-3145B, left, a... More
Fort Sumter after the bombardment, Confederate States of America.
Stereograph showing ruins of artillery among the rocks on the exterior of Fort Sumter. No. 6051. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865. Attributed to George N. Barnard in 1... More
Fort Sumter, Charleston, Charleston County, SC
Significance: The defense of this fort by its Union garrison marked the beginning of the Civil War; the existing remains display interesting structural features. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More
Fort Sumter, Charleston, Charleston County, SC
Significance: The defense of this fort by its Union garrison marked the beginning of the Civil War; the existing remains display interesting structural features. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More
Fort Sumter, Charleston, Charleston County, SC
Significance: The defense of this fort by its Union garrison marked the beginning of the Civil War; the existing remains display interesting structural features. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More
Fort Sumter, Charleston, Charleston County, SC
Significance: The defense of this fort by its Union garrison marked the beginning of the Civil War; the existing remains display interesting structural features. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More
Fort Sumter, Charleston, Charleston County, SC
Significance: The defense of this fort by its Union garrison marked the beginning of the Civil War; the existing remains display interesting structural features. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More
Fort Sumter, Charleston, Charleston County, SC
Significance: The defense of this fort by its Union garrison marked the beginning of the Civil War; the existing remains display interesting structural features. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More
Fort Sumter, Charleston, Charleston County, SC
Significance: The defense of this fort by its Union garrison marked the beginning of the Civil War; the existing remains display interesting structural features. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More
Fort Sumter, Charleston, Charleston County, SC
Significance: The defense of this fort by its Union garrison marked the beginning of the Civil War; the existing remains display interesting structural features. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More
Fort Sumter, Charleston, Charleston County, SC
Significance: The defense of this fort by its Union garrison marked the beginning of the Civil War; the existing remains display interesting structural features. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More
[Fort Sumter parapet with dismounted gun damaged by Confederate fire]
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Exterior of Sumter, no. 2, Confederate States of America.
Photograph shows the damaged exterior walls of Fort Sumter near the gorge. Four men stand near a boat in the foreground. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Date of photo based on newspaper acco... More
[Guns on the parapet at Fort Sumter]
Photograph shows a soldier sitting beside a damaged gun inside of Fort Sumter after the bombardment. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). From verso: "#15." Attributed to photographers Osborn & D... More
A view of the north face of Fort Sumter, taken in 1868, Charleston, S....
Photograph shows a damaged portion of the fort that faces Sullivan's Island. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). "No. 33." Date from similar object in the Stereographic Views of South Carolina C... More
View from parapet, showing Federal Iron Class, taken by a Confederate ...
Photograph shows Federal Ironclads Weehawken, Montauk, and Passaic in combat, firing on Fort Sumter. No. 4383. This is the first known Civil War combat photo taken with the photographer actually under fire. (S... More
Charleston, South Carolina. Flag-raising ceremony at Fort Sumter. Awai...
Stereograph showing a crowd gathered on the ground and along the parapet for General Anderson's raising of the American flag that four years earlier the Confederates had compelled him to take down. Part of seri... More
Charleston, South Carolina. View of Fort Sumter from the sand bar
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Bombardment of Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor: 12th & 13th of April, 1...
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0664 Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress, 2002-2003. Exhibited: "With Malice Towar... More
Inside view, Fort Sumter, March 1865, looking S.E. across south wester...
Photograph shows gabions used as reinforcements in the damaged interior and parapet of Fort Sumter. Original neg. for this print: LC- Forms part of: Visual materials from the papers of O.M. Poe.
South angle of Fort Sumter after the war, Charleston, S.C.
Photograph shows the damage done to the fortifications on the southern exterior of the fort. The beacon light shown in the distance on the northeast side was erected after the war. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 20... More
Fort Johnson, James Island. Fort Sumter in distance
Photograph shows battery along the parapet of Fort Johnson on James Island. Fort Sumter in the distance in Charleston harbor. Original neg. for this print: LC-B811-3064. Forms part of: Visual materials from th... More
[Fort Sumter interior with flag staff]
Photograph shows a group of men, some in uniform standing beside a cannon beneath the shot off flag staff. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Osborn & Durbec's label on verso, with no. "7". For... More
Interior view of Fort Sumter in 1864 [i.e. 1863]
Hand written on verso: "In Miller's vol. I, p. 100". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Interior view of Fort Sumter in 1864 [i.e. 1863]
Hand written on verso: "In Miller's vol. I, p. 100". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Charleston, South Carolina. Samuel Cooley, photographer with his camer...
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[Charleston, S.C. Parapet of Fort Sumter looking toward Morris Island]
Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Charleston, S.C., 1863-1865.
Sea face of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), looking toward Morris Island
Stereograph showing four men amidst the debris of the outer wall of Fort Sumter as a result of the bombardment from August 17 to September 23, 1863. Also showing chevaux-de-frise for protection against assault.... More
Inside view, Fort Sumter, Confederate States of America.
Photograph shows a beacon on the parapet and gabions used as reinforcements in the interior of Fort Sumter. Original neg. for this print: LC-B811-3055. Forms part of: Visual materials from the papers of O.M. Poe.
Interior views of Fort Sumter, in April, 1865
Photograph shows a pile of cannon balls inside the battery at Fort Sumter. No. B665. Mounted with five other photographs. Photograph is half of a stereograph pair. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
View of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), Charleston Harbor, S.C., taken fro...
Stereograph showing three men standing on the sandbar next to a boat with three men inside. The exterior of Fort Sumter is in the distance. No. 3133. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History.... More
Charleston, S.C. Crowd inside Fort Sumter awaiting the flag-raising
Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Charleston, S.C., 1862-1863. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milh... More
[Charleston, S.C. Flag-raising ceremony, with Brevet Maj. General Robe...
Stereograph showing a crowd gathered at Fort Sumter to celebrate the raising of the American flag by General Anderson four years after it had been hauled down by the Confederates. Part of series: The War for t... More
Fort Sumter, Charleston, Charleston County, SC
Significance: The defense of this fort by its Union garrison marked the beginning of the Civil War; the existing remains display interesting structural features. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More
Fort Sumter, Charleston, Charleston County, SC
Significance: The defense of this fort by its Union garrison marked the beginning of the Civil War; the existing remains display interesting structural features. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More
Fort Sumter, Charleston, Charleston County, SC
Significance: The defense of this fort by its Union garrison marked the beginning of the Civil War; the existing remains display interesting structural features. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More
Fort Sumter, Charleston, Charleston County, SC
Significance: The defense of this fort by its Union garrison marked the beginning of the Civil War; the existing remains display interesting structural features. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More
Fort Sumter, Charleston, Charleston County, SC
Significance: The defense of this fort by its Union garrison marked the beginning of the Civil War; the existing remains display interesting structural features. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More
Fort Sumter, Charleston, Charleston County, SC
Significance: The defense of this fort by its Union garrison marked the beginning of the Civil War; the existing remains display interesting structural features. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More
Fort Sumter, Charleston, Charleston County, SC
Significance: The defense of this fort by its Union garrison marked the beginning of the Civil War; the existing remains display interesting structural features. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More
Fort Sumter, Charleston, Charleston County, SC
Significance: The defense of this fort by its Union garrison marked the beginning of the Civil War; the existing remains display interesting structural features. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More
Fort Sumter, Charleston, Charleston County, SC
Significance: The defense of this fort by its Union garrison marked the beginning of the Civil War; the existing remains display interesting structural features. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More
Fort Sumter, Charleston, Charleston County, SC
Significance: The defense of this fort by its Union garrison marked the beginning of the Civil War; the existing remains display interesting structural features. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More
Fort Sumter, Charleston, Charleston County, SC
Significance: The defense of this fort by its Union garrison marked the beginning of the Civil War; the existing remains display interesting structural features. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More
Fort Sumter, Charleston, Charleston County, SC
Significance: The defense of this fort by its Union garrison marked the beginning of the Civil War; the existing remains display interesting structural features. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More
Fort Sumter, Charleston, Charleston County, SC
Significance: The defense of this fort by its Union garrison marked the beginning of the Civil War; the existing remains display interesting structural features. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More
Fort Sumter, Charleston, Charleston County, SC
Significance: The defense of this fort by its Union garrison marked the beginning of the Civil War; the existing remains display interesting structural features. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More
Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor, no. 624 / George Stacy.
Stereograph shows three men standing on a sandbar next to a boat with three men sitting inside anchored opposite of Fort Sumter, Charleston, South Carolina. Card number: "No. 624." Forms part of the Larry Gott... More
Charleston, South Carolina. Interior view of Fort Sumter
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Fort Sumter, old flag staff, '61 (i.e. 1861)
Photograph shows a view of the interior of Fort Sumter with the damaged flag staff and officer's quarters after the bombardment in April 1861. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). "No. 49." From ... More
Fort Sumter, December 9th 1863, Interior view of Three Gun Battery
Interior of fort. Soldier in foreground stands next to cannon, surrounded by equipment & supplies necessary to fire it. Other soldiers and cannons in background. Signed lower left of image : J.R. Key, Jun[e] 21... More
Charleston, South Carolina. Interior view of Fort Sumter on the occasi...
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Outside view, Fort Sumter, north face
Photograph shows a gun on top of parapet and gabions used as reinforcements along the damaged exterior of Fort Sumter. Original neg. for this print: LC-B811-3048. Forms part of: Visual materials from the paper... More
[Morris Island, S.C. Federal mortars aimed at Fort Sumter, with crews]
Photograph of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Charleston, S.C., 1863-1865.
Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. View from parapet of Fort Sumter
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Charleston Harbor, east face of Fort Sumter, no. 631 / George Stacy.
Stereograph shows broken girders among piles of rocks next to the exterior palmetto reinforcement wall of Fort Sumter. Card number: "No. 631." Gottheim collection code: GCW 49. Forms part of the Larry Gottheim... More
Water Battery of Fort Johnson, James Island, S.C.
Stereograph showing rows of cannons and carts facing the channel at Fort Johnson. Fort Sumter is in the distance. No. 3064. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865. Photo att... More
[Charleston, S.C. Palmetto reinforcements on the channel side of Fort ...
Photograph of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Charleston, S.C., 1863-1865.
Fort Sumter, showing the effects of the bombardment by the artillery o...
Copy photograph shows a photo of the damaged walls of Fort Sumter viewed by men on a nearby sandbar. The photo is mounted above a printed caption with Engineer Department noted on the left. Mounted with two ot... More
The prayer at Sumter, December 27, 1860
Major Robert Anderson and soldiers praying around flag in Fort Sumter, Charleston, South Carolina. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 5, no. 213 (1861 Jan. 26), p. 49.
The steamship Marion, on her way to New York with the wives and childr...
Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1861 Feb. 23, p. 212.
Impressive scene at Fort Sumter - Dec. 27, 1860
When the stars and Stripes were raised - the Chaplain invoking a blessing while Major Anderson was hoisting the standard. Reference copy may be available in lot 4416 E (1861) Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrat... More