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to Abner Doubleday.

Encloses instructions for Lieutenant Hall "which I shall thank you to hand to him." Says he will "be down as soon I feel well enough to do so." Addressed to Doubleday at Fort Hamilton. Written eight days after Fort Sumter fell. Two bust engravings...

GLC02456.01

Liberator. [Vol. XXXL, no. 16 (April 19, 1861)]

Announces "Civil War Begun. Fort Sumter Captured. The Federal Capital in Danger. Thousands of Troops Mustering. The North United At Last." Includes proclamations by the President, official correspondence regarding the surrender of Fort Sumter...

GLC08429.02

The Troy daily press. [Vol. 1 (August 29, 1863)]

Fort Sumter's surrneder, Pemberton's death

GLC08429.17

The New York daily tribune. [Vol. XXV, no. 7495 (14 April 1865)]

Covers General Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox in detail. Includes an account of the events leading up to the surrender and the terms of the surrender. Publishes articles on the dawn of peace, reconstruction, the Battle of Fort Sumter 12-13...

GLC08429.20

New York times. [Vol. X, no. 2983 (April 13, 1861)]

The front page of this issue is a drawing of the commanding officers at Fort Sumter, less than a month before an attack on the fort would begin the hostilities of the Civil War. The news focuses on the Union forts that have already been turned over...

GLC08429.22