ANDERSON, Robert (1805-1871). His signature (''Robert Anderson Major USA''), n.p., n.d., but ca. 1847-1861.
ANDERSON, Robert (1805-1871). His signature ("Robert Anderson Major USA"), n.p., n.d., but ca. 1847-1861.
One page, 25 x 81 mm, matted and framed with a 100 x 210 mm (approx.) swatch of red linen.
A piece of the Union Flag raised over Fort Sumter on 13 April 1865. A historic swatch of fabric presumably taken from the same American flag that Major Anderson brought down on 14 April 1861 when Fort Sumter capitulated to Confederate guns arrayed across Charleston Harbor. During the war, the flag was often placed on public display for fundraising efforts. Four years to the day, Anderson personally manned the halyards to raise that same banner aloft over Fort Sumter during a moving ceremony (and the same day as Lincoln's assassination). Most of the flag, save for small sections cut from the bottom and right hand edges, remains on display at Fort Sumter National Monument. [With:] ANDERSON, Eliza B. Autograph note signed, Washington, 18 June 1896 to Edward David enclosing "the autograph and piece of the Sumter flag which you so earnestly ask for."
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ANDERSON, Robert (1805-1871). His signature ("Robert Anderson Major USA"), n.p., n.d., but ca. 1847-1861.
One page, 25 x 81 mm, matted and framed with a 100 x 210 mm (approx.) swatch of red linen.
A piece of the Union Flag raised over Fort Sumter on 13 April 1865. A historic swatch of fabric presumably taken from the same American flag that Major Anderson brought down on 14 April 1861 when Fort Sumter capitulated to Confederate guns arrayed across Charleston Harbor. During the war, the flag was often placed on public display for fundraising efforts. Four years to the day, Anderson personally manned the halyards to raise that same banner aloft over Fort Sumter during a moving ceremony (and the same day as Lincoln's assassination). Most of the flag, save for small sections cut from the bottom and right hand edges, remains on display at Fort Sumter National Monument. [With:] ANDERSON, Eliza B. Autograph note signed, Washington, 18 June 1896 to Edward David enclosing "the autograph and piece of the Sumter flag which you so earnestly ask for."
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