The Attack on Fort Sumpter, April 12-13, 1861
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- Title:
- The Attack on Fort Sumpter, April 12-13, 1861
- Date:
- 1949
- Creator (Corporate):
- R.A. Reilly
- Description:
- A postcard of the mural from the main lobby of the Fort Sumter Hotel that depicts the attack on Fort Sumter. The front of the postcard reads, "This mural painting, in the Main Lobby of the Fort Sumter Hotel, Charleston, South Carolina, symbolizes the initial attack by Confederate forces, beginning the War Between the States.--The painting is by Alfred Hutty, internationally noted artist and etcher." The back of the postcard reads, "The first shot of the War Between the States was fired April 12, 1861, from a Confederate battery at Fort Johnson (position of the observer in this painting) and landed on the parade ground of Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. In this painting Fort Sumter is center, Fort Moultrie to the distant left and a floating Confederate battery to the right. The flag is the original seven star flag of the Confederacy. Fort Sumter, occupied by Confederates on April 14, 1861, was under constant siege by Federal forces from that date until February 18, 1865--In 1948 Fort Sumter was designated a national monument."
- Collection Title:
- Leah Greenberg Postcard Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- College of Charleston Libraries
- Media Type:
- Postcards
- Series:
- Charleston Forts Moultrie and Sumter
- Personal or Corporate Subject:
- Hutty, Alfred, 1877-1954
- Topical Subject:
- Fortification, Military bases, and Public art
- Geographic Subject:
- Charleston (S.C.), Fort Sumter (Charleston, S.C.)--Siege, 1861, Fort Sumter National Monument (Charleston, S.C.), Fort Sumter (Charleston, S.C.), and Charleston Harbor (S.C.)
- S.C. County:
- Charleston County (S.C.)
- Language:
- English
- Date Digital:
- 2013-10-12
- Digitization Specifications:
- 600 dpi, 24-bit depth, color, Epson Expression 10000XL, Archival masters are tiffs.
- Internet Media Type:
- image/jpeg
- Copyright Status Statement:
- Cppyright Status Undetermined
- Access Information:
- For more information, contact Special Collections, College of Charleston Libraries, 66 George Street, Charleston SC 29424.
- Admin ID:
- 40048
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