Ruins in Charleston, South Carolina – Vintage Wall Art
![Ruins in Charleston, South Carolina, [photographed between 1861 and 1865, printed later] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/03/0367d0b602da-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Ruins in Charleston, South Carolina, a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Ruins in Charleston, South Carolina
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Charleston's ruins from the Civil War are the subject here, and the record places the view in South Carolina between 1861 and 1865, though the print itself was made later. The city endured a long Union siege and repeated bombardment, and by the war's end large parts of its downtown had been burned or shattered by shelling, including the great fire of February 1865 that consumed much of the commercial district. Photographs like this one were among the first to show ordinary Americans the physical cost of the conflict in a Southern city, and they remain valuable records of how the war reshaped the urban landscape.
| Created / published | [photographed between 1861 and 1865, printed later] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1860-1910. |
| Notes | No. B1317. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Ruins--South Carolina--Charleston--1860-1870. War damage--South Carolina--Charleston--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Destruction & pillage. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,706 × 3,786 px · prints to 16 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221479 |
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