Civil War Portraits—Leaders, Influencers, and the Incidentally Important #001
Lieutenant Hall, USA, Bearer of Despatches from Major Anderson to Governor Pickens
(Norman Jonathan Hall was initially sent with messages to Governor Pickens after the Star of the Wst was fired on.)
The Star of the West was fired upon on January 9, 1861.
From a handed-tinted off-print of Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, February 2, 1861.
Locations: Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States(32.77657,-79.93092)
Item Location: Fort Sumter NM/Charles Pinckney NHS Curatorial Storage Facility, located at Charles Pinckney National Historic Site
Box: Box 2 of 3 Fosu 19th-c Illustrations Frank Leslie Harpers Weekly London Times, Etc.
Permanent Link: purl.clemson.edu/E2A32D39E8A2F084F3864BCC3FC414A1
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Mike’s notes:
Special handed-tinted off-prints were also sold separately from newspapers. Numerous originals held today by public institutions and in private collections.
Note – This image has been digitally adjusted for one or more of the following:
– fade correction,
– color, contrast, and/or saturation enhancement
– selected spot and/or scratch removal
– cropped for composition and/or to accentuate subject