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Nailing the Flag, Fort Sumter, April 1861, from the Robert Knox Sneden Diary, 1861-65 (litho)

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Nailing the Flag, Fort Sumter, April 1861, from the Robert Knox Sneden Diary, 1861-65 (litho)
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American School, (19th century) / American
Location
Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, Virginia, USA
Medium
lithograph
Date
1861 AD (C19th AD)
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Robert Knox Sneden (1832-1918) was a map-maker for the Union Army during the American Civil War; his seven volume diary concerns his service in the 40th New York Infantry Division and as a topographical engineer in the III Corps, Army of the Potomac; depicts Sergeant Hart nailing the colours to the flag-staff after it fell when Fort Sumter was under siege by the Confederate Army; the flag then became an important patriotic symbol when it was taken north after the siege; Norman J Hall (1842-67) Union soldier; Charleston Harbour; South Carolina;

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battle / USA / North America / America (continent) / fortress / heroism / fortification / battlements / colors / flagpole / act / heroic / north america / defence / fortified / shinning / harbor / america / male / defensive / usa / Engraving / Mzengraving
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