Fort Sumpter

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GLC#
GLC06158.13-View header record
Type
Broadsides, posters & signs
Date
1861
Title
Fort Sumpter
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
1 p. : Height: 29.8 cm, Width: 11.4 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Printed text of patriotic Confederate song celebrating the taking of Fort Sumter. Details events of the bombardment, including the death of two Union soldiers during Anderson's final salute to the United States flag. Illustrated with the first Confederate national flag flying in the breeze. Sung to the tune of "Dearest Mae." The chorus warns "Uncle Abe...ne'er invade our Southern soil."

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