Title
Attempts to negotiate Fort Sumter
Caption
South Carolina's "ultimatum"' In late December 1860 three commissioners from the newly seceded state of South Carolina met with lame-duck President Buchanan to negotiate for possession of Fort Sumter, a federal installation in Charleston Harbour. Buchanan's attempts to stay the situation and South Carolina governor Francis Pickens's insistence on Union evacuation of the fort are ridiculed here. Pickens (left) holds a lit fuse to a giant Union cannon "Peacemaker," which is pointed at his own abdomen.
Date
1861
Credit line
Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library
Reference
ARP18A15_274
License type
Rights managed
Available size
60,0Mb (3,1Mb) / 18,1in x 12,9in / 5425 x 3865 (300dpi)