Contributor
Frank and Virginia Williams
Description
This is a black and white illustration of Fort Sumter near Charleston, South Carolina, under attack by the South Carolina militia during the Battle of Fort Sumter in 1861. It ended with the surrender by the United States Army, beginning the American Civil War. The illustration depicts a large stone building, surrounded by water with cannon balls drawn as streaks arching toward the building. A United States flag is depicted as flying near the center of the building and smoke is depicted as billowing from the roof of the building. "Bombardment of Fort Sumter" is captioned beneath the illustration. This illustration is from volume four of Abraham Lincoln : A History by John G. Nicolay and John Hay.
Publication Date
1890
Rights
Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.
Publisher
New York : The Century Co
Time Period
1890-1899
Subjects
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Fort Sumter (Charleston, S.C.)
Object Type
image
Format (original)
illustration
Format (digital)
JPG
Digital ID
FVW_NH_V4_Fort-Sumter_001
Source
Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Nicolay and Hay’s Abraham Lincoln, Volume 4
Repository
The Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana
Digital Publisher
Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version)
Contact Information
For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.
Recommended Citation
"Illustration, Bombardment of Fort Sumter" (1890). Images. 169.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/fvw-manuscripts-nicolay-and-hay-images/169