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NH 51795 "Last Gun from Fort Sumter"

Photo #: NH 51795 "Last Gun from Fort Sumter"
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Title: "Last Gun from Fort Sumter"
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Description: Photo #: NH 51795 Last Gun from Fort Sumter Phototype by F. Gutekunst, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, circa the later 19th Century. This print depicts a Civil War bombardment of Fort Sumter, in Charleston harbor, South Carolina, by U.S. Navy ships. USS Wabash is in the right foreground, with USS New Ironsides in the right distance. Two monitors are also present. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 51795
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