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Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1. 2 0 Browse Search
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Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1., Chapter 13: the siege and evacuation of Fort Sumter. (search)
the richest gold plate, and ornamented with a view of Fort Sumter, and with military emblems. On the scabbard was the following inscription:--Deo duci, ferro comitante. Upon the handle, on a solid gold shield, was the following inscription :--Et decus et pretum recte. The citizens of Taunton, Massachusetts, to Major Robert Anderson, U. S. A. A tribute to his courage and fidelity. Acquirit qui tactus. This sword was presented to Major Anderson at the Brevoort House, New York, by W. C. Lovering, on the 22d of April. The authorities of New York presented him with the freedom of the city in an elegant Gold Box, in the form of a casket, oblong octagonal in shape. This box, represented on the preceding page, was five and a half inches in length, two inches in width, and not quite three inches in depth. Its whole surface, excepting the place of the inscription, was elaborately wrought in arabesque figures, giving it a very rich appearance. On the top of the clasp was an America