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 Historical Center Photograph.
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