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Holland, T.R., 1816-1867 Lithograph portrait of Major Anderson.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0231 Author/Creator: Holland, T.R., 1816-1867 Place Written: s.l. Type: Print Date: 1861 ca. Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 30.5 cm, Width: 45.7 cm Order a Copy

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 would surrender the next day, Anderson was forced to surreder but became a hero to the North.

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