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Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, January 15, 2011.
Depicted ContentFort Sumter
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Telegram Announcing the Surrender of Fort Sumter (1861)
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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