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On April 12, 1861, the US Civil War began with the shelling of the Union-held Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina.
The Library has an incredible collection of sketches made by Civil War staff artists from Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper. They documented battles, preparations, camp life, and the deaths of generals and other military leaders.
The sketch above shows “Rebels preparing to bombard Fort Sumter—scene on Cummings Point.”
