A Collection of Pictures of Fort Sumter (Illustrated)

Although several Southern states had already seceded, led by South Carolina shortly after his election, President Abraham Lincoln still hoped to preserve the Union until the attack on Fort Sumter, which commenced April 12, 1861. Although nobody was killed, the federal garrison had to surrender the fort after a day of shelling. The Civil War had just started.

A Collection of Pictures from Fort Sumter is a collection of 40 pictures taken shortly after the bombardment and surrender of the F…