These Civil War 1861 Forever stamps were issued by the U.S. Postal Service on April 12, 2011 in Charleston, SC - to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War.

The Fort Sumter stamp is a reproduction of a Currier & Ives lithograph, circa 1861, titled “Bombardment of Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor.” The Bull Run stamp is a reproduction of a 1964 painting by Sidney E. King titled “The Capture of Rickett’s Battery.” The painting depicts fierce fighting on Henry Hill over an important Union battery during the Battle of First Bull Run. The stamp pane’s background image is a photograph dated circa 1861 of a Union regiment assem­bled near Falls Church, VA.