Charleston S.C. Mounted gun parapet of Fort Moultrie – Antique Print
(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 Charleston S.C. Mounted gun parapet of Fort Moultrie, a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Charleston S.C. Mounted gun parapet of Fort Moultrie
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Fort Moultrie sits on Sullivan's Island at the entrance to Charleston Harbor, and this stereograph records one of its mounted gun parapets in 1865, just as the Civil War was ending. The image is a glass stereograph made with the wet collodion process, a pair of plates that give the scene depth when viewed through a stereoscope. The fort had been a defensive anchor for the harbor since the Revolutionary War, and by the time this view was taken it had seen repeated action and reinforcement during the Union siege of Charleston. Anthony's firm sold views like this widely, so the picture also reflects how northern audiences followed the war's ruined Southern landmarks.
| 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. 0621 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. Charleston (S.C.)--History--Civil War 1861-1865. Forts & fortifications.United States--South Carolina--Charleston. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 1,348 × 1,344 px · prints to 4 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-46475 |
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