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Wade Hampton and the Confederates at Fort Sumter

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.1168 Author/Creator: Place Written: Fort Sumter, South Carolina Type: Photograph Date: Pagination: 1 photograph 7.6 x 7.6 cm Order a Copy

The image shows the interior of Fort Sumter. Several soldiers and men are in dress civilian clothes and are gathered around a cannon. Inscription on verso: "Wade Hampton and the Confederates at Ft. Sumpter" [sic].

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