1800s Archive · Fires & disasters

Civil War envelope showing American flag flying high over a burning Fort Sumter with message "Remember Fort Sumter!"

Charleston, South Carolina · 1861

Civil War envelope showing American flag flying high over a burning Fort Sumter with message "Remember Fort Sumter!", Charleston, South Carolina, 1861
Civil War envelope showing American flag flying high over a burning Fort Sumter with message "Remember Fort Sumter!", Charleston, South Carolina, 1861. Fires & disasters — The 1800s Archive, from the Library of Congress record.

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