Sujet

Defence of Fort Sumter, South Carolina, 1861 (c1880). Artist: Unknown

Légende

Defence of Fort Sumter, South Carolina, 1861 (c1880). Fort Sumter was the place where the opening shots of the American Civil War were fired, on 12 April 1861. The following day the Union garrison surrendered. The Confederacy then held the fort until 17th February 1865. A print from Cassell's History of the United States, by Edmund Ollier, Volume III, Cassell Petter and Galpin, London, c1880.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1880

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM19C49_322

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

50,0Mo (6,4Mo) / 28,1cm x 44,7cm / 3314 x 5278 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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