Show M 15 41 1541 dl 11 A tv P ar 1 L V 1 att I 1 11 M I 1 MR Z JF 1 af 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 r Z 1 4 1 4 Y T M an Z t F i av V A if tr 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 p Z e i r 4 2 z I 1 I 1 1 1 1 4 f 1 azil 71 7 4 4 I 1 I 1 2 z I 1 V I 1 z I 1 I 1 4 I 1 V I 1 N 4 yo I 1 2 kt I 1 I 1 t 1 1 4 I 1 4 11 I 1 A 0 I 1 I 1 i I 1 I 1 1 0 G 11 I 1 W jr it 11 r wa N 1 0 I 1 4 irl x 11 I 1 1 I 1 bilz 0 O k it W ap I 1 0 I 1 Z ww I 1 f I 1 M what flag of the many now treasured can exceed in value as a national heirloom the flag of fort sumter it stands for the first movement toward the disintegration of the covo government it remains to protest against another assault upon the standard and as long as there is shred left of it to tell the stirring story of the beginning of the longest and darkest period of its history this best record of the wars beginning is not with the other flags at the war department it Is in even safer hands bands tor for the widow of the brave soldier dier who fought to defend it treasures it as her dearest possession mrs mm eliza bayard anderson widow of maj gen anderson the hero of sumter has lived for a number of years very quietly in washington having gone there from new york in sea search ach of a milder climate having the good fortune to bear of mrs andersons Ander sens residence there and of her possession of the famous flag I 1 went on a patriotic pilgrimage to touch the tattered folds of this glorious glorio cs old glory and to hear from her the atory of its experiences the flag which shows its ago age spends more than the halt half of its time in the vaults of a safe deposit company and Is only taken out on occasion to be kept the while very closely in the care of its owner it is not a fine flag am but of coarse meshed strong bunting made to wrestle with the storm winds and stout from the start even though its makers little thought it would have to bear the first assaults of a war between its own people there was need of a strong wind to bear it out fully from the staff it is so large being ten feet wide by fifteen feet long still its coloring was good and is bright even now and but for its pitiful holes and tatters would yet be a gorgeous symbol of freedom in the sunlight I aloft there were two flags at fort sumter which had been carried there by maj anderson when he evacuated fort moultrie one known as the garrison ila flag g and the other the storm flag the finer garri garrison lson flag used in fair weather is not the flag of sumter bad weather during the april of 1861 gave this good fortune to its coarser companion and while mrs anderson keeps both of the good flags in company it is the storm flag which will always be the valued relic and which some day should come into the care of the government to be kept with those things it holds most worthy of watchful preservation mrs mm anderson has been very jealous of these treasures and has very seldom parted with them in fact since her husbands death in 1871 only once has the sumter flag been on out t of her keeping this was at a recent celebration of the raising of the flag bag again over sumter in a 1865 1965 and for this occasion it was given into the guardianship of the old anderson zouave Zou aves of new york a veteran company pan v raised at the opening of the war and named in honor of the commander of port fort sumter before maj A andersons u der sona death tale ane flag had been prominent in several celebrations and was an appropriate pall when its defender was wa buried at west point the flags first came into maj andersons dere ons possession when after his rei 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 it s k I 1 11 V 4 T 4 k I 1 I 1 1 e T i I 1 LW X 1 1 i I 1 I 1 A P 1 I 1 3 1 4 i I 1 i 1 3 I 1 V i GEN EN ROM ANDERSON jonew to New ew the evac eab draffan ot Z Sumter A 0 made the usual kardson kard sod U diio fili 1 6 1 I 1 I 1 tha awai D I 1 U C flags in the afif e t 41 with alno a sin sentiment nt abc r z ain iba tha 1 1 sao flags 1 aj with 4 bibi e statement tabla that they jenaii inno j i mr i than la in abw I 1 th hinds aha dt atae so ill gal e T 1 they A c r we re pon k boit bo IT Z A I 1 amb lelle i Alith dati 4 0 I 1 X 7 va 1 I ais I 1 dij 4 ih I 1 I 1 giulta br thie tan 1 1 1 if A z 4 wk ie lebn atsu Mt su m i f t t t A h iwao it 11 1 1 t ethert jam aa jw 11 alft ir t 1 sem rt z C ii 0 x p q F W S agi 4 4 u w 1 0 k tr y 1 W W I 1 P 77 0 83 fifi V A 51 U I 1 A 9 ai 1466 ai ence ah swum 7 o 4 amy A k im issi q ailia 7 1 79 me J t wai F 1 it I 1 X 1 a 7 bw ie a r u i W c ta A A ms i 1 I 1 i tt tl t st avyss krex ko W W ko ful assault upon the fort a flag was captured which gen beauregard believed to be the flag of sumter and which was carried back into th the fort with great joy by the confederates another story Is that the little band of seventy soldiers after the lowering lowe ring of the flag cut it up into devent seventy y small pieces as mementos and many of the spurious fragments are in existence today of course it is probable that major anderson did cut some small bats from the flag as gifts to friends but this did not in any affect its size or condition it is very probable that these pieces were taken from the edge already torn and raveled graveled rave led there are only the rents made by shells in the body of the flag and in spite of the thick rain of shot w which poured upon it twice cutting the staff and also the halyard baly ard no star s ta r was blotted out but they were all left in the undivided union which was to survive tour four years of war I 1 the story of the flag of sumter is not to be told without giving some attention to the career of the man who made M it he who cast upon his bis own ovin i I 1 resources by an administration containing three secession cabinet oell officers i so valiantly and wisely held up i the honor of the government in spite of difficult surroundings and in spite of ties often more powerful than P patriotism a I 1 i it is almost impossible in writing of the time between the election of president 1 I lincoln in november and the assault on sumter in april to reproduce any kind of an idea of the extent of public feeling and excitement or to give any impression of the bitterness existing in the south against I those who for one reason or another might have been expected to join the I 1 side of the south but did not there were many reasons why southern soldiers had counted on robert anderson of kentucky already a distinguished veteran of the mexican war as one of the men who would leave the northern army and become one of the great generals of the south appointed to west point from kentucky the state of his nativity he graduated from the academy in the early twenties as a second lieutenant of artillery his service was not conspicuous until the black hawk war of 1832 when he received honorable mention at the battle of bad ax he was breveted captain in 1838 for distinguished services in the seminole war tn in florida and again advanced to brevet major for his bis work under scott in mexico he was in the thick of 0 the fighting at the siege ot vera cruz and in the battle of cerro goddo coddo and was desperately wounded at the battle of molino del rey when lincoln was elected maj anderson was on detail in new york tork and as the rumblings gs in the south grew more threatening he was ordered by the secretary of war to take command of the garrison in charleston harbor then located at fort moultrie at it was wd said at the time that this order was itself treasonable and that the secession slon members of the buchanan cabinet sent anderson to charleston because they believed that in the event ot of secession he could be expected to come out of the union with his 0 own people and that he be would easily surrender this important port to the southerners As his knifes hamff family y the clinches of georgia were ivere very prominent secessionists and as ag they frequented quen ted charleston it was expect expected ea I 1 janat maj andersons amderson Am deison s b brother r other in liw law aeve some I 1 I 1 influence with him see this jImo beene blared danl aad d J i A ame finie ox of we the new i ear sov OT igei 11 0 f 1 C before iview ier ian ich e 1 1 V uj afifi soji ht jf aroll h h el ik i K I 1 tobe b a 1 tt an d depend 4 a ov Z eld alaj taa V 7 taij i dij t aona 4 with w ii ail II 11 1 L 1 1 b aj pa f f fiur armed it I 1 A C sa M 0 owr lr i 3 c r VT 3 i awe att were ya f 1 aa J W 1 emandel te A I 1 i I 1 I 1 Z tj WP ta W t ia on I 1 11 f bea 11 1 inq MO M jt O 1 y hii rt M iniste I 1 d IM M diw 41 r k V ime X fg F g I 1 I 1 I 1 and 4 an attack upon moultrie seemed imminent framl neut I 1 therefore upon his own responsibility bil lity on dec 26 maj mad anderson moved hla his garrison to fort sumter it was at this time that he cut down the old flagstaff flag am staff at moultrie to the great infuriation of the citizens of charleston in order that the new flag I 1 might not be raised upon it he ear car ried with him the now famous flag and raised it over sumter at noon on dec 27 with prayers by the flag and patriotic music it was on the of april 1861 1961 that tha t the bombardment of fort sumter was begun by the surrounding forces of the confederacy and this is generally called the first gun of the war at any rate this was really the beginning of hostilities between the united states and the confederate emte states and under the folds of this flag then fired upon the gallant maj anderson amderson and his bis little garrison won immortal fame hot shot and shell came down own upon sumter from the triangular siege works arranged by the rebel forces the day was dark and cloudy and as it if feeling for its own disgrace the old flag hung its head and was wrapped aro around und the flagstaff flag staff seven times during the first day of the bombardment the flagstaff flag staff was struck early in the day several vessels of the federal fleet were observed off the bar and orders were given to dip the flag to them this was done and the salute was returned but while the flag was being hoisted after the third dip a shell burst near the flagstaff flag staff and cut the halliard the part of the halliard liard thus cut was so connected with the flag that it must have come down with a run had not the end of the rope caught in the shivered staff and kept the star spangled banner aloft there it remained for a long night of active bombardment and fierce illumination this Is the to which mal maj anderson referred when he afterward said bald god almighty nailed that flag to t the h e ma mast S t a and nd I 1 could not have lowered it if I 1 had tried at 1 of the second day the flagstaff flag staff having been hit twice before that morning was again struck and fell the flag was immediately secured by hall and so soon as it could be at W 15 1 aa 1 0 4 7 I 1 1 1 7 I 1 7 S I 1 f n W j J 77 I 1 clr 1 7 I 1 z THE GLORIOUS FLAG OF FORT SUMTER cached to a temporary staff was again hoisted on the parapet by snyder of the engineer corps assisted by the faithful peter hart but with an army of thousands against a few score men there was no hope tor for the besieged maj anderson tells his own story in his report having defended fort sumter for thirty four hours until the quarters were entirely burned the main gates destroyed by fire the gorge walls seriously injured and the magazine surrounded by flames and its doors closed from the effect of heat four barrels and three cartridges of powder only being available and no provisions remaining but pork fort sumter was evacuated and the little garrison garason marched out of the fort sunday afternoon the dinst with colors flying and drums beating bringing away I 1 11 I 1 W Z A I 1 j V 4 11 N V MRS EUZA ELIZA BAYARD BASTARD ANDERSO company and private property and sa my flag with fifty guns N the confederate gen beauregard said referring to maj and andersen e arso u with such material tor for an armi If properly disciplined I 1 would consider myself invincible against any form forces not too superior luperto r 99 gen ahner abner doubleday claims the honor r of having fired ared the first arst shot tram from sumter in defense debenis of the old ald flag N edmund drumh jot of virginia claimed thai he fired ahw afifi at sumter shintei Suin tei oth ers era caved have disputed I 1 PU fai I 1 wah kith him this claim c hsilin to io notoriety ar q needless to s daytha say i ayt tha h i al oil bli 4 kew york d onabe N th steamship P 0 gen i A anderson n der son foi found iiA I 1 himself a ha ti dional 01 aillem herd 4 iaz a i 1 I 1 all el ai I 1 1 S 3 r 7 4 g t |