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Robert Anderson Signature (Fort Sumter)

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Robert Anderson Signature (Fort Sumter)
<B>Robert Anderson Signature</B></I> in full excised from a letter, 6" x 1.75". He has added "<I>Yours Sincerely</B></I>" and "<I>N York, 17th Jany 1862</B></I>" above and beneath respectively. Anderson was the commanding officer at Fort Sumter when Confederate forces led by General Beauregard, a former pupil of his at West Point, bombarded it. He was badly outnumbered and outgunned and finally surrendered the fort on the third day. This battle, of course, started the Civil War; Anderson was promoted due to his heroism. Interestingly, as a colonel of Illinois volunteers, Anderson had the distinction of twice mustering Captain Abraham Lincoln in and out of army service. Some mounting traces and one light fold, neither affecting signature. Fine condition. <I>From the collection of Henry E. Luhrs.</B></I><BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)