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Lot Number: 148
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April 14, 1865 Historic Fort Sumter United States Flag Re-Raising Ceremony Program with “Order of Exercises”

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April 14, 1865-Dated, Fort Sumter Flag Re-Raising Ceremony Progam titled, “Programme of the Order of Exercises at the Re-Raising of the United States Flag on Fort Sumter, Charleston, SC, April 14th, 1865, Upon the Fourth Anniversary of the Fall of the Fort.”, Very Fine.

A highly important Imprint of significant Civil War history titled: “Programme of the Order of Exercises at the Re-Raising of the United States Flag on Fort Sumter, Charleston, SC, April 14th, 1865, Upon the Fourth Anniversary of the Fall of the Fort.”, measures 8” x 5” has 4 printed pages. The Program booklet is folded, some light tone on the final back page, the front is clean save for a near invisible sealed pinhole at top center, and is overall pleasing.

Starting off the program was a prayer from Reverend Matthias Harris, who made the first Prayer when the U.S. Flag was raised at Major General Robert Anderson’s first taking Command of Fort Sumter on December 27, 1860. Rev. Matthias Harris’s prayer, followed by several readings from scripture, a singing of the “Star Spangled Banner,” an address by Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, the doxology, and a closing prayer and benediction.

Following Scripture readings, the program lists reading of Robert Anderson’s dispatch announcing the fall of the Fort into Confederate hands on April 18, 1861, which was read to the crowd. Immediately following, Anderson himself raised the same American Flag that had been taken down in 1861 to a 100 gun salute and the singing of the Star-Spangled Banner. This simple printed program is undoubtedly very rare, as likely few were saved by the participants. It serves as a full-circle recognition of the humiliation suffered at the fall of the Fort and its triumphant recapture. We have not seen another.
Fort Sumter is a sea fort built on an artificial island protecting Charleston, South Carolina from naval invasion. Its origin dates to the War of 1812 when the British invaded Washington by sea. It was still incomplete in 1861 when the Battle of Fort Sumter began the American Civil War. It was severely damaged during the war, left in ruins, and although there was some rebuilding, the fort as conceived was never completed.

Since the middle of the 20th century, Fort Sumter has been open to the public as part of the Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park, operated by the National Park Service.
Keywords: Capture of Fort Sumpter, American Flag Raising Fort Sumpter, Charleston, South Carolina History, Militaria, Printed Civil War Document
Lot Number: 148
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