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Notes:
Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, January 15, 2011.
Depicted content:
Image type:
document
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National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Original caption:
Telegram Announcing the Surrender of Fort Sumter (1861)
Source citation:
Telegram from Maj. Robert Anderson to Hon. Simon Cameron, Secretary, announcing his withdrawal from Fort Sumter, April 18, 1861; Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1780's-1917; Record Group 94; National Archives