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Oct 31, 2018
Fort Sumter autograph album page, featuring signatures of the ten Union officers stationed there during the bombardment on April 2, 1861. Inscribed on front page with period ink, listed with ranks at the time of signing. Notably among the autographs is that of Robert Anderson, dated and signed as "Major USA," reflecting his brevet promotion awarded during the Mexican-American War. Six of the officers who signed this page would become generals later during the Civil War.
Ten (10) signatures: " Norman J. Hall, Lieut. US Army; S.W. Crawford, Med. Staff; Theo. Talbot, Bvt. Capt. Asst. Adjt. Genl.; R.K. Meade Jr., 2nd Lieut. Engrs.; G.W. Snyder, 1st Lt. of Engrs. USA; A. Doubleday, Capt. 1st Artillery; Fort Sumter, SC, April 2, 1861, Yours Very sincerely, Robert Anderson, Major USA; T. Seymour, Capt. 1st Artillery, US Army; J.G. Foster, Capt. Engrs.; Jef. C. Davis, 1st Lt. 1st Arty ."
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