Fort Sumter
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Description:
Albumen silver print from a glass plate negative showing three unidentified men, two in uniform and another in a top hat, as they pose beside a cannon at Fort Sumter. The image was taken on April 15, 1861 directly after the Federal surrender of the fort to Confederate forces.
- Title: Fort Sumter
- Photographer: Alma Alfred Pelot (attr.) and Jesse H. Bolles (attr.)
- Date: April 15,1861
- Processing Method: Albumen Silver Print
- Collection: Photograph Collection
- Object Name: Civil War
- Object Id: MK 3636
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