Major Anderson, U.S.A., taken at Fort Sumter, Feb. 8, 1861
Image Not Available

Major Anderson, U.S.A., taken at Fort Sumter, Feb. 8, 1861

Image Not Available
Photograph

Attributed to Mathew B. Brady

Maker
American, ca. 1823–1896

Edward Anthony

American, 1819–1888

Major Anderson, U.S.A., taken at Fort Sumter, Feb. 8, 1861

February 8, 1861
Albumen silver print
Museum accession
1982.0171.0012
Inscriptions recto (printed): Major Anderson, U.S.A. / Taken at Fort Sumter Feb'y 8, 1861, published by E. Anthony, 501Broadway, / Entered according to an Act of Congress, in the year 1861 by E. Anthony, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.

verso (pencil, museum hand): Given to B.N [Beaumont Newhall] by Guy L. Howe, Mar. 29, 1950
Related Media

Review and updating of the museum's collection data is ongoing.
Inclusion of an object in this database does not guarantee its availability for loan.
For permission to use images from the online collections, please contact Image Rights and Reproductions.