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Grave of John C. Calhoun in front of St. Philips Church Charleston S.C. – Vintage Wall Art

Grave of John C. Calhoun in front of St. Philips Church Charleston S.C., 1865 — historic photograph
Grave of John C. Calhoun in front of St. Philips Church Charleston S.C., 1865. Historic photograph from the Charleston collection.

(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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Grave of John C. Calhoun in front of St. Philips Church Charleston S.C.

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Calhoun's grave in the churchyard of St. Philip's in Charleston is the subject here, shown in front of the church where the statesman was buried. John C. Calhoun, the South Carolina senator and former vice president who became the leading defender of slavery and states' rights, died in 1850. This stereograph dates to 1865, the year Union forces occupied Charleston after Confederate troops withdrew in February. It was published by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. and the War Photograph and Exhibition Company, firms that sold views of wartime sites to a northern public. The picture is notable for showing a monument to a leading advocate of secession at a moment when the city that had sheltered the movement had fallen.

Created / published1865
Medium1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph.
NotesCopyright by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. · War Photograph and Exhibition Company publisher.
SubjectsCalhoun John C. (John Caldwell) 1782-1850--Tomb--South Carolina--Charleston. Graves--South Carolina--Charleston--1860-1870.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,072 × 1,388 px · prints to 10 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-CIV-46357

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