Major Robert Anderson

In honor of

Major Robert Anderson

and the one-one-hundred-twenty-eight men of his command

who for thirty-four hours April Twelve-Thirteen,

Eighteen-hundred-sixty-one withstood the destructive

bombardment of Fort Sumter and withdrew with the

honors of war • the War of Secession began here.

Erected under the bequest of

E.M.C.A. ...