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| Title: |
Spiking the guns of Fort Moultrie by Major Anderson, before its evacuation, December 26th, 1860. |
| Image ID: |
812929 |
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| Physical Description: |
1 print : b&w ; 25 x 25 cm. (9 3/4 x 9 3/4 in.) |
| Material Type: |
Prints |
| Subjects: |
United States -- 1860-1869 |
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Anderson, Robert, 1805-1871 |
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Fort Moultrie (S.C.) -- 1860-1869 |
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Cannons -- South Carolina -- Fort Moultrie -- 1860-1869 |
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Evacuations -- South Carolina -- Fort Moultrie -- 1860-1869 |
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Military Personnel -- South Carolina -- Fort Moultrie -- 1860-1869 |
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Book Illustrations |
| Date Depicted: |
1860 |
| Notes: |
Printed on border: "Toward the middle of December it became evident, from the magnitude of military operations going on, and other indications, coupled with significant threats in the South Carolina Convention and out of it, that an occupation of Castle Pinckney and Fort Sumter was meditated. Major Anderson decided to anticipate the South Carolinians in their contemplated manoeuvre. Accoringly, on the night of December 26th, at the very time the South Carolina Commissioners had arrived in Washington to demand the surrender of the forts, he evacuated Fort Moultrie, after spiking the guns and providing for the destruction of their carriages and other material by fire, and with the aid of three small vessels successfully transferred his little command to Fort Sumter." Tear at top border. |
| Date Published: |
1894 |
| Barcode Number: |
33333159319108 |
| Struc ID: |
579550 |
| Source: |
Scenes and portraits of the Civil War : the most important events of the conflict between the states graphically pictured.
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| In Folder: |
American history -- 1860s
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