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Tuesday, November 15, 2016
Animated Stereoview of Confederate Soldiers Posing With Artillery Pieces on the Parapet of Fort Moultrie Sometime After the Bombardment of Fort Sumter (1861)
Animated stereoview of Confederate soldiers posing with artillery pieces on the parapet of Fort Moultrie sometime after the bombardment of Union-held Fort Sumter, April 1861. By Osborn and Durbec.
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Wednesday, November 2, 2016
View of Confederate Soldiers and Rubble in Front of a Barracks Building in the Interior of Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina (1863)
View of Confederate soldiers and rubble in front of a barracks building in the interior of Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina, 1863. By George S. Cook.
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Saturday, June 25, 2016
Stereoview of a Man Reading on the Lawn of a Plantation Near Charleston, South Carolina (1860)
Stereoview of an unidentified man reading on the lawn of a plantation near Charleston, South Carolina, 1860. By Osborn and Durbec.
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Friday, February 12, 2016
A Group of Women and Children Posing in Front of the Confederate Torpedo Boat CSS David in Charleston, South Carolina (1864)
A group of women and children posing in front of the Confederate torpedo boat CSS David in Charleston, South Carolina, 1864. By George S. Cook. From Miller's Photographic History of the Civil War.
Monday, October 5, 2015
View of an African American Slave Boy Posing Next to a Pillar and a Sleeping Dog on the Grounds of Accabee Plantation Near Charleston, South Carolina (1860)
View of an African American slave boy posing next to a pillar and a sleeping dog on the grounds of Accabee Plantation near Charleston, South Carolina, c. 1860. By Osborn and Durbec.
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Wednesday, September 30, 2015
A Large Group of African American Slaves Posing Outside of Their Quarters on a Plantation Near Charleston, South Carolina (1860)
A large group of African American slaves posing outside of their quarters on a plantation near Charleston, South Carolina, c. 1860. A rare scene from perhaps the only series of photographs to document slavery in the United States. By Osborn and Durbec. Animated stereoview.
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Sunday, July 19, 2015
Portrait of a Powder Monkey Named Aspinwall Fuller Posing in Front of a Cannon Aboard the USS New Hampsire Off the Coast of Charleston, South Carolina (1864)
Portrait of a powder monkey named Aspinwall Fuller posing in front of a cannon aboard the USS New Hampsire off the coast of Charleston, South Carolina, c. 1864. Animated stereoview.
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Saturday, July 11, 2015
View of Meeting Street in Front of the Charleston Hotel in Charleston, South Carolina (1863)
View of Meeting Street in front of the Charleston Hotel in Charleston, South Carolina, 1863. A rare street scene taken while the city was still under Confederate control. By George S. Cook.
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Tuesday, July 7, 2015
A Group of Men Posing at the Entrance of the Mills House Hotel in Charleston, South Carolina (1860)
A group of men posing at the entrance of the Mills House Hotel in Charleston, South Carolina, 1860. By Osborn and Durbec.
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Friday, June 26, 2015
View of a Busy Meeting Street in Front of the Charleston Hotel in Charleston, South Carolina (1860)
View of a busy Meeting Street in front of the Charleston Hotel in Charleston, South Carolina, 1860. By Osborn and Durbec.
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Saturday, January 17, 2015
Time-Lapse View of Union Soldiers Posing With the Wreckage of the Swamp Angel on Morris Island, South Carolina (1863)
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| Close-up view of the barrel of the 8-inch Parrot gun and the Union soldiers playing cards, |
Time-lapse view of Union soldiers posing with the wreckage of the Swamp Angel, a gun emplacement for an 8-inch Parrot gun which was built in swampland on Morris Island, 1863. It fired incendiary shells into downtown Charleston, a distant 4.5 miles away, until it burst during its 36th shot on August 23, 1863. Two of the soldiers near the barrel of the Parrot gun are playing a card game. By Haas and Peale.
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Sunday, January 11, 2015
Confederate Artillerymen Posing With Two Artillery Pieces Near Charleston, South Carolina (1861)
Confederate artillerymen posing with two artillery pieces near Charleston, South Carolina, c. 1861. By George S. Cook.
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Sunday, December 28, 2014
Union General John Porter Hatch Posing With His Staff at Headquarters in the South Battery Area of Charleston, South Carolina (1865)
Union General John Porter Hatch posing with his staff at headquarters in the South Battery area of Charleston, South Carolina, 1865. Animated stereoscopic photographs.
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Thursday, December 11, 2014
"The Imperialized Confederate." Carte De Visite Portrait of a Confederate Soldier Thought to be Photographed Somewhere in Charleston, Possibly Fort Sumter (1861)
"The Imperialized Confederate." Carte de visite portrait of a Confederate soldier wearing a top hat and holding a bottle of alcohol thought to be photographed somewhere in Charleston, possibly Fort Sumter, in the early days of the Civil War, c. 1861.
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Wednesday, December 3, 2014
A Union Soldier Guarding the Damaged Sally Port of Fort Moultrie in Charleston, South Carolina (1865)
A Union soldier guarding the damaged sally port of Fort Moultrie in Charleston, South Carolina, March 1865. By George Barnard. Animated stereoview.
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Tuesday, October 14, 2014
Animated Stereoview of Vulcan Iron Works in Charleston, South Carolina (1865)
Animated stereoview of Vulcan Iron Works showing a number of wagons and wagon parts in the street in front of it in Charleston, South Carolina, c. 1865. Taken by George Stacy.
Monday, September 15, 2014
African Americans Attending Church Service in Charleston, South Carolina
African Americans attending a service in a church in Charleston, South Carolina, c. 1860. By Osborn and Durbec. Animated stereoview.
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Wednesday, May 14, 2014
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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Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Confederate Soldiers Posing With Cannons and Rubble in the Interior of Fort Sumter (1861)
"Salient with North-west Casemates, Fort Sumter." A group of Confederate soldiers posing with cannons and rubble in the interior of Fort Sumter shortly after its surrender by Union forces, April 1861. A rare example of a stereoscopic image taken of non-POW Confederates in the field. The second photograph is a CDV version that is much sharper in its details. By Osborn & Durbec.
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Tuesday, April 1, 2014
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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