[CIVIL WAR]. [FORT SUMTER]. DAHLGREN, John A. Autograph note signed ("Jno. A. Dahglren") to unidentified friend, Off Charleston, 5 November 1863. 1 page, 8vo, matted and framed with engraving of Dahglren and color illustration of Fort Sumter. A VIVID NOTE FROM THE UNION BOMBARDMENT OF SUMTER IN 1863. Admiral Dahlgren writes: "I wish I had the time, my young friend, to write you, as you ask, a short letter, but every moment is engrossed. Perhaps you might like to see what's before my eyes - Sumter crumbling away before our cannon, which sound incessantly." Dahlgren led the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, and led one of the unsuccessful Union attacks against the fort in 1863.