Sunday, April 17, 2011

April 17, 1861

Virginia secedes from the Union.

Two special photographers from Charleston, SC, James M. Osborn and F.E. Durbec, spend the beginning of several days visiting Fort Sumter and all of the Confederate installations that fired against it. They capture over forty scenes, the most complete record ever made of the site of a Civil War engagement.

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