(CIVIL WAR) ANDERSON ROBERT Photograph Inscribed and Signed

Sale 2686 - Lot 27

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WAR-DATED PHOTO TO SOLDIER ENTRUSTED WITH FT SUMTER'S FLAG (CIVIL WAR.) ANDERSON, ROBERT. Photograph Inscribed and Signed, twice, to Peter Hart, carte-de-visite, vignetted portrait by R.A. Lewis showing him in uniform. The inscription: "To Peter Hart who served / with me in Mexico and / Ft Sumter S.C. from his / friend," written in the image at lower edge with upper portion of signature on photograph and lower on mount, and on verso: "Your friend / Robert Anderson / N. York / Sept. 12. 1862." 4x2¼ inches; faint scattered dampstaining affecting portrait, faint uneven toning to verso. New York, 12 September 1862

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In a New York Times article dated April 10, 1865, Sergeant Peter Hart (ca 1824-1892) is named as the soldier who lowered the flag flying over Fort Sumter when, on April 13, 1861, the fort had to be evacuated due to the attack that ignited the Civil War.