Fort Sumter
Videos
Fort Sumter is an incomplete sea fort at the mouth of Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, where the battle that sparked the American Civil War took place. Built on an artificial island in 1829 in respo
View from north in 2009
Fort Sumter was photographed in 1861 when it was still intact.
Letter from William H. Seward advising President Lincoln on the obstacles in resupplying Fort Sumter, March 1861
Major Anderson and His Officers prior to Bombardment of Ft Sumpter 1861
Robert Anderson was a United States Army officer during the American Civil War. He was the Union commander in the first battle of the American Civil War at Fort Sumter in April 1861 when the Confedera
Fort Sumter
…The bombardment continued all day, watched by many happy civilians. The fort had been cut off from its supply line and surrendered the next day. Major Robert Anderson took the flag with him as they evacuated. The Second Battle of Fort Sumter (September 8, 1863) was a failed attempt by the Union to retake the fort…
Anderson, c. 1861
Major Robert Anderson, photo by Mathew Brady
Robert Anderson's telegram announcing the surrender of Fort Sumter