Fort Sumter celebration / W.E. James., Confederate States of America.

Photograph shows the ceremonial raising of the Fort Sumter flag on April 14, 1865, four years to the day after the Confederate surrender, as part of a celebration of the Union victory.

Gottheim collection code: GCW 51B.
Handwritten number on verso: 119GK.1.
Handwritten note on verso: G.R. Johnson.
Note on front: For the Southern District of New York.
Forms part of the Larry Gottheim Collection of stereographs and other early photographs (Library of Congress)