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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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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, 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, February 25, 2014
Distant View of the USS New Ironsides Firing at Confederate-Held Fort Sumter or Fort Moultrie From Just Off Morris Island, South Carolina (1863)
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| The full photograph. |
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| Close-up of the scene. |
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| Close-up of spectators and the Union ironclads behind them. |
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| 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. |
Saturday, February 22, 2014
Two Views of the Great Sumter Rally in Union Square, New York City (1861)
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| Animated stereoview of the crowd in Union Square during the Great Sumter Rally. Source. |
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| View taken after the end of the event after much of the crowd had dispersed. From Miller's Photographic History of the Civil War. |
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Original New York Times Article
Saturday, February 8, 2014
Animated Stereoviews of Destruction in Fort Sumter Taken Shortly After the Union Surrender (1861)
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| A group of men cleaning up a section of Fort Sumter after the surrender. |
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| The flagpole which was cut down by Confederate artillery fire during the bombardment of Fort Sumter. A group of men can be seen cleaning up rubble in the background. |
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| A row of artillery pieces in a casemate in the interior Fort Sumter. |
Views of the damaged interior and exterior of Fort Sumter shortly after its surrender by Union forces in 1861. By Osborn and Durbec. Animated stereoviews.
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Osborn & Durbec
Osborn & Durbec
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