The night guard of boats on Charleston Harbor during the first night of the bombardment of Fort Sumter, to prevent reinforcements being sent to Major Robert Anderson, April 12th, 1861. Battle of Fort Sumter in the American Civil War. 19th century illustration from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper

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