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[CIVIL WAR]. [FORT SUMTER]. Printed document, Programme of the Order of Exerciser at the Re-raising of the United States Flag at Fort Sumter, Charleston, S.C., 14 April 1865, Upon the Fourth Anniversary of the Fall. Printed at "The New South" office, Port Royal, S. C. 1 page, 9½ x 8 in., matted with photographs of Anderson and Fort Sumter, and an Anderson autograph; elaborately framed in giltwood frame (29 x 19½ in.).
A MOVING CEREMONY TO CELEBRATE THE UNION VICTORY, HELD ON THE SAME DAY OF LINCOLN'S ASSASSINATION. Robert Anderson, the same Union officer who had to relinquish the Fort after a punishing Confederate bombardment in 1861, was given the honor of re-raising the very same flag that the Rebels lowered four years before. After the assembled crowd sang the national anthem (only the first verse, although all three are printed here), and Henry Ward Beecher gave the keynote address, Anderson raised the limp and somewhat tattered banner. It was, at first, an unimpressive site. But upon reaching the top of the pole, a strong gust of wind caught it, and as if suddenly brought to life, the flag flapped vigorously in the early spring air. It seemed an omen of national rejuvenation to all those assembled--a sentiment severely dampened by the proceedings at Ford's Theatre later that night.
A MOVING CEREMONY TO CELEBRATE THE UNION VICTORY, HELD ON THE SAME DAY OF LINCOLN'S ASSASSINATION. Robert Anderson, the same Union officer who had to relinquish the Fort after a punishing Confederate bombardment in 1861, was given the honor of re-raising the very same flag that the Rebels lowered four years before. After the assembled crowd sang the national anthem (only the first verse, although all three are printed here), and Henry Ward Beecher gave the keynote address, Anderson raised the limp and somewhat tattered banner. It was, at first, an unimpressive site. But upon reaching the top of the pole, a strong gust of wind caught it, and as if suddenly brought to life, the flag flapped vigorously in the early spring air. It seemed an omen of national rejuvenation to all those assembled--a sentiment severely dampened by the proceedings at Ford's Theatre later that night.