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Civil War Illustrations

Major Anderson

Portrait of Major Robert Anderson with flags and eagle, above a scene of Fort Sumter at night.

Caption: Major Robert Anderson, Late of Fort Moultrie, at Present Commanding Fort Sumpter [sic]. From a portrait furnished by Mrs. Anderson, now staying in this city.

Source: Illustration from New York Illustrated News, January 12, 1861, page 145.

NoteAnother portrait of Anderson on page 17 appeared in Harper's Weekly on the same date.