Feb 11, 2010 - Sale 2202

Sale 2202 - Lot 14

Price Realized: $ 1,560
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000
"THE HERO OF FORT SUMTER" (CIVIL WAR.) ANDERSON, ROBERT. Photograph Signed, carte-de-visite vignetted portrait by Wenderoth & Taylor, showing the "Hero of Fort Sumter" in left profile. Signed in the image at bottom. Photographer's imprint on mount at bottom. Approximately 3 1/2x2 1/4 inches (image), approximately 4x2 1/2 inches overall; scattered faint foxing. Np, nd
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Anderson (1805-1871) was the commander of Fort Sumter when the Confederate batteries opened fire in the first artillary bombardment of the Civil War; despite his heroic resistance, he was forced to surrender the fort on April 13, 1861.