Civil War Series

Five Flags Over Fort Sumter

Front cover: Bombardment of Fort Sumter, Currier & Ives lithograph.

TEXT BY WILLIAM MARVEL

Thanks to Richard W. Hatcher, III and Ann C. Childress at Fort Sumter National Monument.

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Key for photo and illustration identification:
BL	Battles and Leaders of the Civil War
HP	Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War
HW	Harper's Weekly
LC	Library of Congress, Washington, DC
MC	The Museum of the Confederacy, Richmond, Virginia
NA	National Archives, Washington, DC
USAMHI	United States Army Military Historical Institute, Carlisle, PA

Want to Learn More?
The following books are suggested reading for additional insights into the Civil War and its key battles: Maury Klein Days of Defiance: Sumter, Secession, and the Coming of the Civil War (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997), David Detzer Allegiance: Fort Sumter, Charleston, and the Beginning of the Civil War (New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2001), as well as the NPS Historical Handbook No. 12: Fort Sumter National Monument (Washington, D.C.: National Park Service, 1961)