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"No. 17."

[1861/04/17]

Osborn & Durbec

View of the rear of Fort Sumter's parapet.

GLC03919.07
Collection Item
Photograph

"[No.] 18."

[1861/04/17]

Osborn & Durbec

View of the sally-port inside Fort Sumter, with Confederate soldiers gathered in the entrance.

GLC03919.08
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Photograph

"[No.] 19."

[1861/04/17]

Osborn & Durbec

Purported to be the only known photograph of the interior of Fort Sumter's casemate, this view shows a row of guns mounted beneath brick archways.

GLC03919.09
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Mattie Moore

15 April 1861

Moore, Andrew Barry, 1807-1873

Moore, Governor of Alabama, discusses the Civil War with his daughter following the Battle of Fort Sumter. Expresses pride in Alabama's soldiers. Consoles Mattie in her husband's absence, stating "you must not be uneasy about your husband--rather...

GLC05020
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Andrew H. Foote

February 26, 1861

Selfridge, T. O. (Thomas Oliver), 1836-1924

Selfridge, a commander in the U.S. Navy, writes to Captain Foote to inquire about when supply ships will leave New York, and about Foote's activities outfitting ships for that purpose. Explains how the rebellion breaking out informed him that the...

GLC05059
GLC05111.01.0013
Collection Item
Photograph

[Confederate Flag raised over Ft. Sumter]

15 April 1861

Cook, George S., 1819-1902

Extremely rare salt print taken by George S. Cooke of the interior of Fort Sumter after it was taken by Confederate troops. With pencil inscription at the top of the mount: "With the new flag of the south now raised and our Southerners in the...

GLC05111.01.0013
Collection Item
Print

Lithograph portrait of Major Anderson.

1861 ca.

Holland, T.R., 1816-1867

By T.R. Holland [Philadelphia?]. Based on an earlier [younger] photograph: "From a Portrait in possession of Mrs. Anderson." Major Robert Anderson was in command of Fort Sumter when it was fired upon on April 12, 1861, setting off the Civil War. He...

GLC05111.01.0231
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Louise Walbridge

15 August 1863

Walbridge, Charles E., 1842-?

Siege of Charleston. Four regiments of Negroes who are better at fatigue work than white soldiers. "The consequence is that fifty Negroes are equal to a hundred white soldiers, for ordinary work." Closes with the expectation that bombardment of...

GLC04663.23
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Louise Walbridge

11 November 1863

Walbridge, Charles E., 1842-?

Encloses a piece of brick taken from Fort Sumter [not included in collection] by a scouting party. Asks about the farm and selling the mill.

GLC04663.26
Collection Item
Diary

Diary of Lt. Commander Edward Simpson

20 July 1863-15 May 1864

Simpson, Edward, 1824-1888

Diary of captaincy of the "Submarine Battery 'Passaic'". Details attacks upon Charleston, Fort Moultrie and Battery Gregg; inner workings of a Monitor and intraservice rivalries. Quarter calf, marbled boards, pencil loops.

The USS Passaic, one of...

GLC05911.04

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