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Civil War Illustrations

Major Anderson Raising the U.S. Flag on Fort Sumter

Anderson praying under an American flag as a crowd kneels in prayer around him

Caption: Major Anderson Raising the United States Flag on Fort Sumter, after the Evacuation of Fort Moultrie.

Source: Illustration from New York Illustrated News, January 26, 1861, page 184.

Note: Another illustration of this event appears on pages 49-50 in Harper's Weekly on the same date.