This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Flag of Sumter Returns to Public Eye in Washington
The worn Fort Sumter flag preserved by Maj. Gen. Anderson’s widow Eliza Bayard Anderson is described as a storied relic of the Civil War. The storm flag, not the garrison flag, endures as the cherished symbol kept in a safe and shown only on special occasions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sumter
War Department
Eliza Bayard Anderson
Maj. Anderson
Port Moultrie
Sumter
Anderson Zougues
New York
West Point
Gqn
Robt
Anderson
Vyoria
Secretary of War
Lanlly
Peter Hart
Buit
Reunis
Army
Navy
Cap‘turing
Beauregard
Dev
Weinberd
Buchanan
Adderson
Chattertot
Becaue
Clinches
Georogia
Charlegon
Maj
Audlison
Aome
South Carolina
Moultrie
Apon
Charleston
Confederacy
United States
Confederate States
Halyard
Union
Lincoln
South
Robert Anderson
Kentucky
Bad Ax
Hea
Florida
Scott
Mexico
Vera Cruz
Cerro Goddo
Molino del Rey
Charleston Harbor
Fort Moultrie
Lient, Hall
Anperson
Washington
Park
Abner Doubleday
Edmund Ruffin
Virginia
Battie
Abraham Linsoln
Blackhawk
Ty Wall