Portrait of Union Soldiers of the 39th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment Posing With a Billinghurst Requa Battery Rapid-Fire Gun on Morris Island, South Carolina (1863)

Portrait of Union soldiers of the 39th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment posing with a Billinghurst Requa Battery rapid-fire gun on Morris Island, South Carolina, 1863. The gun was under command of Lieutenant Wheeler and Lieutenant Kingsbury, who are presumably the two officers posing on the left. Probably taken by the photography firm of Haas and Peale. From the book The History of the Thirty-Ninth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Veteran Infantry. (Yates Phalanx.) in the War of the Rebellion 1861-1865 by Charles M. Clark.

Billinghurst Requa Battery gun Wikipedia entry.

Union Soldiers and Civilians Posing in an Encampment and On the Ruins of the Morris Island Lighthouse Near Charleston, South Carolina, During the American Civil War (1863)

Union soldiers and civilians posing in an encampment and on the ruins of the Morris Island Lighthouse near Charleston, South Carolina, during the American Civil War in July or August 1863. Some of the men on the pile of rubble are possibly watching distant exchanges of artillery fire by Union and Confederate forces in Charleston Harbor. By photographers Haas and Peale.

Source: Library of Congress.

Union Soldiers Posing on Sandbag Fortifications and With Parrott Rifles in Battery Stevens on Morris Island Near Charleston, South Carolina (1863)

Union soldiers posing on sandbag fortifications and with Parrott rifles in Battery Stevens on Morris Island, South Carolina, 1863. Battle smoke from nearby artillery fire is possibly visible in the background. By Haas and Peale.

Source: Library of Congress.

Three Men Posing With Two Mortars in the Trapier Mortar Battery on Morris Island Shortly After the Surrender of the Nearby Fort Sumter by Union Forces in Charleston Harbor (1861)

Three men posing with two mortars in the Trapier Mortar Battery on Morris Island shortly after the surrender of the nearby Fort Sumter by Union forces in Charleston Harbor, 1861. The battery fired its mortars at Fort Sumter in the bombardment leading to its surrender. The darkroom used by the photographers to develop this photograph is visible behind the mortar in the background. By Osborn and Durbec. From The Blue and Gray in Black and White: A History of Civil War Photography.

Union Soldiers Posing With Two Mortars in a Fortified Position on Morris Island, South Carolina (1865)

Union soldiers posing with two mortars in a fortified position on Morris Island, South Carolina, 1865. The mortars are said to be aimed at Fort Sumter. By Samuel A. Cooley. Animated stereoscopic photographs.

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Changing of the Guard in Fort Wagner, Morris Island, South Carolina (1865)

Union soldiers during a changing of the guard ceremony in Fort Wagner on Morris Island, South Carolina, 1865. By Samuel A. Cooley. Animated stereoscopic photograph.

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Battery Chatfield on Morris Island

Union soldiers posing with an artillery piece in Battery Chatfield on Morris Island, Charleston, 1864. By Sam A. Cooley.

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Distant View of the USS New Ironsides Firing at Confederate-Held Fort Sumter or Fort Moultrie From Just Off Morris Island, South Carolina (1863)

The full photograph.

Close-up of the scene.

Close-up of spectators and the Union ironclads behind them.

Close-up of the USS New Ironsides firing.

Distant view of the USS New Ironsides (right) and other Union ironclads firing at Confederate-held Fort Sumter or Fort Moultrie from just off Morris Island as a large number of spectators on the beach watch the action, 1863. By Haas and Peale.

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Profile view of the USS New Ironsides (center) leaving Hampton Roads for North Carolina. Source.