Views on Hilton Head, South Carolina – Antique Print
![Views on Hilton Head, South Carolina, [photographed 1862, printed later] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/c3/c3a5ff1ac14e-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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A window into the past: Views on Hilton Head, South Carolina, preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Views on Hilton Head, South Carolina
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Catalogued among six mounted prints of Hilton Head, South Carolina, this view is tagged under the island's piers and wharves and the Union supply operations that worked them. Union forces seized Hilton Head in November 1861 after the Battle of Port Royal, and the island soon became a major staging base for Union operations along the South Carolina coast, where ships unloaded troops, animals, and stores. The photographs date to 1862, though they were printed later, so they record the base during its busiest years. The collection's subject headings also list "military exchanges," a reminder of the steady traffic of goods and men moving through the harbor.
| Created / published | [photographed 1862, printed later] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 6 photographic prints : mounted on board. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1860-1910. |
| Notes | Civil War Photograph Collection. Nos. 166, 170, 210, 209, 4977, and 4978. |
| Subjects | Military exchanges--South Carolina--Hilton Head--1860-1870. Piers & wharves--South Carolina--Hilton Head--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Equipment & supplies. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military facilities. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,304 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-192592 |
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