Scanned by:
Library of Congress
Notes:
Sized, cropped, and adjusted for use by John Osborne, Dickinson College, June 9, 2008.
Depicted content:
- Major Anderson requests safe passage for the women and children of his men at Fort Sumter
- Dependents of the federal forces at Fort Sumter transfer to a waiting steamship for evacuation
- Dependents of the federal forces at Fort Sumter sail for New York from Charleston Harbor
- Fort Sumter
- Fort Sumter, SC
Image type:
engraving
Courtesy of:
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Original caption:
The stemship Marion on her way to New York with the wives and children of the soldiers in Fort Sumter - manning the ramparts and cheering of the men as the steamer passes the fort the parting salute from Fort Sumpter (sic) / from a sketch by our special artist now in Charleston
Source citation:
Periodical Illustration Collection, Library of Congress
Source note:
Originally appeared in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, April 23, 1861, p. 212.