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Interior of Fort Sumpter [i.e. Sumter], Charleston Harbor, S.C. April 14th, 1865 Awaiting the arrival of Gen. Anderson and the invited guests to inaugurate the ceremony of raising the old flag.

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Interior of Fort Sumpter [i.e. Sumter], Charleston Harbor, S.C. April 14th, 1865 Awaiting the arrival of Gen. Anderson and the invited guests to inaugurate the ceremony of raising the old flag.

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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, and LC-B811-3145A, right. E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. acquired the negatives from the studio of Mathew Brady in exchange for photographic supplies.
Purchase; Russell Norton; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012: 069).

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01/01/1865
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Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries, photographer
E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm), publisher
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Library of Congress
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