Entry of Major Andersons command into Fort
Entry of Major Andersons command into Fort Sumter at night on Dec. 26, 1860. He secretly relocated 127 soldiers of the 1st U.S. Artillery to Fort Sumter from their less defensible position at Fort Moultrie. Before leaving Fort Moultrie, Andersons unit spiked the guns and burned the cannons carriages
Picture No
13123297
Media ID
45383091
Size
2100px x 1366px
(1.5MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / The Everett Collection
Source
Courtesy Everett Collection
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