Antique 1872 engraving from Harper's Weekly, The Burial of the Late General Anderson at the West Point Cemetery, USMA. Robert Anderson (1805-1871) was a United States Army officer during the American Civil War. To many, he was a hero who defied the Confederacy and upheld Union honor in the first battle of the American Civil War at Fort Sumter in April 1861.

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SOURCE: ORIGINAL ENGRAVING.

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Size: 5539px × 3578px
Location: West Point Cemetery, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, USA
Photo credit: © Old Paper Studios / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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