Battle of Fort Sumter Online Exhibit
Major Robert Anderson, Commander at Fort Sumter
Caption: Major Anderson, U.S.A., Commanding at Fort Sumter, S.C. – (From a portrait in the possession of Mrs. Anderson).
Source: Illustration from Harper's Weekly, January 12, 1861, [page 17].
Note: Another portrait of Anderson appeared in the New York Illustrated News on the same date.
Last Updated:
August 7, 2012