Attack on Fort Sumter
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813070
Item data
Title
Attack on Fort Sumter
Collection
Wallach Division Picture Collection
American History -- 1861
Names
Karst, John, 1836-1922 (Wood-engraver)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1884
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC AME-1861
Subjects
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
United States -- 1861
Fort Sumter (Charleston, S.C.) -- Siege, 1861
Campaigns & battles -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- 1861
Cannons -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- 1861
Artillery (Troops) -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- 1861
Shells (Ammunition)
Genres
Notes
Content: Printed on border: "[Copyright, A. S. Barnes & Co.]" "Fort Sumter, 1861." "Gen. S. W. Crawford." "861 Pad-Lock. From main gate of Fort Sumter ; 862 Flagstaf. Piece of Fort Sumter flagstaff, cut by Peter Hart ; 863 Relics (4). One traveller's inkstand, one gimlet, one priming wire, and one door knob."
Physical Description
Wood engravings
Extent: 1 print : b ; 13 x 12 cm. (5 1/4 x 4 3/4 in.)
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17168674
Barcode: 33333159320965
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): d9bfcd60-c531-012f-dc3b-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1884
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Attack on Fort Sumter" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1884. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d9bfcd60-c531-012f-dc3b-58d385a7bc34
APA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1884). Attack on Fort Sumter Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d9bfcd60-c531-012f-dc3b-58d385a7bc34
Chicago/Turabian Format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Attack on Fort Sumter" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 8, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d9bfcd60-c531-012f-dc3b-58d385a7bc34
Wikipedia citation
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