Fort Sumter

Title
Fort Sumter
LC Subject
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Armed Forces Fortification
Description
The first engagement of the Civil War was at this place, April 12 and 13, 1861. No casualties. Searching all history for a parallel, it is impossible to find any defenses of a beleaguered city that stood so severe a bombardment as did this bravely defended and never conquered fortress of Sumter, in Charleston Harbor. It is estimated that about eighty thousand projectiles were discharged from the fleet and the marsh batteries and yet Charleston, with its battered water-front, was not abandoned until all other Confederate positions along the Atlantic Coast were in Federal hands and Sherman's triumphant army was sweeping in from the West and South.
Work Type
lantern slides
Date
1911/1940
Identifier
P217:40:11
Rights
In Copyright
Local Collection Name
Visual Instruction Department Lantern Slides, 1900-1940 (P 217)
Type
Image
Format
image/tiff
Set
OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
Primary Set
OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
Is Part Of
Set 61 - Civil War
Institution
Oregon State University
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