Negroes mounting Cannon in the works for the attack on Ft. Sumter 1861- Morris Island – Historic Print
![Negroes mounting Cannon in the works for the attack on Ft. Sumter 1861- Morris Island, 1861 [April 12] — historic drawing](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/a7/a72c76a78a14-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Negroes mounting Cannon in the works for the attack on Ft. Sumter 1861- Morris Island comes to life in this historic drawing, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Negroes mounting Cannon in the works for the attack on Ft. Sumter 1861- Morris Island
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A drawing dated April 12, 1861, shows Black men mounting cannon in the earthworks on Morris Island, at the southern edge of Charleston harbor. The batteries there, including the one at Cummings Point, took part in the Confederate bombardment of the federal garrison at Fort Sumter that day, which opened the Civil War. Enslaved and free Black laborers were widely pressed into building and working Confederate fortifications around Charleston in 1861, and the title's wording reflects that reality. The sketch is done in pencil and Chinese white and black ink wash on green paper, which suggests a quick study made near the works rather than a finished print.
| Created / published | 1861 [April 12] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing on green paper : pencil, Chinese white & black ink wash ; 24.8 x 35.3 cm. (sheet). |
| Genre | Drawings American 1860-1870. |
| Subjects | Soldiers--Union--1860-1870. Artillery (Weaponry)--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Equipment & supplies. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--African Americans.United States--South Carolina--Fort Sumter United States--South Carolina--Morris Island |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,006 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-109020 |
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