Charleston S.C. Interior of Fort Sumter with gabion reinforcements – Historic Reproduction
(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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Charleston S.C. Interior of Fort Sumter with gabion reinforcements. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Charleston S.C. Interior of Fort Sumter with gabion reinforcements
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Inside the ruined walls of Fort Sumter, woven gabions, large cylinders filled with earth, have been stacked to shore up the damaged masonry. The fort, on an island at the mouth of Charleston harbor, was where the Civil War opened in April 1861 and was later battered by Union bombardment through 1863 to 1865. This stereograph, made from two side-by-side plates and published by the New York firm E. & H.T. Anthony, was meant to be viewed through a stereoscope to create a sense of depth. Its record notes that the image appears in a 1977 Library of Congress compilation of Civil War photographs.
| Created / published | 1865 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative (2 plates) : glass stereograph wet collodion. |
| Notes | Civil War photographs 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge Washington D.C. : Library of Congress 1977. No. 0606 Title from Milhollen and Mugridge. Forms part of Selected Civil War photographs 1861-1865 (Library of Congress) · E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm) publisher. |
| Subjects | United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865--Military facilities. United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865--Equipment and supplies. Charleston (S.C.)--History--Civil War 1861-1865. Forts & fortifications.United States--South Carolina--Charleston. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 1,328 × 1,360 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-46469 |
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