Sujet
Attempts to negotiate Fort Sumter
Légende
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
Crédit
Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library
Notre référence
ARP18A15_274
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
60,0Mo (3,1Mo) / 45,9cm x 32,7cm / 5425 x 3865 (300dpi)