Bombardment of Fort Sumter

Description:

Hand-colored photograph showing the bombardment of Fort Sumter that occurred on April 12, 1861. The old catalog card states, "Under photograph: 'Bombardment of Fort Sumter, April 12, 1861 Floating Battery Fort Moultrie Fort Sumter Fort Johnson Gunboat Lady Dora Wm. Seabrook.' "

The original monochrome image was taken by Charleston photographer James Osborn and hand tinted sometime in the late 1890s by William D. Clarke.

• Title: Bombardment of Fort Sumter
• Photographer: Osborn, James M., 1811-1868
• Date: April 12,1861

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• Collection: Photograph Collection
• Object Name: Civil War
• Object Id: MK 7249

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