Port Royal Island S.C. Coosaw Ferry; battleground of January 1 1862 in the distance – Historic Photograph 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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This historic photograph of Port Royal Island S.C. Coosaw Ferry; battleground of January 1 1862 in the distance brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Port Royal Island S.C. Coosaw Ferry; battleground of January 1 1862 in the distance
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A ferry crossing on Port Royal Island, South Carolina, sets this stereograph apart, and its record notes the battleground of January 1, 1862 in the distance. The Union occupation of the Port Royal region in late 1861 turned the Sea Islands into a Federal foothold, and small crossings like this one carried troops, supplies and local traffic over the tidal waterways of the area. Made as a glass stereograph by the wet collodion process, the image was issued by the War Photograph and Exhibition Company, which published war views for a public eager to see scenes from the front. Its quiet landscape, with fighting in the background, pairs everyday wartime movement with the violence nearby.
| Created / published | 1862 |
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| Medium | 1 negative : 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. 0581 Title from Milhollen and Mugridge. Forms part of Selected Civil War photographs 1861-1865 (Library of Congress) · War Photograph and Exhibition Company publisher. |
| Subjects | United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865--Transportation. Port Royal (S.C.)--Expedition 1861.--Civil War 1861-1865 Ferries.United States--South Carolina--Port Royal Island. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 1,134 × 1,356 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-46660 |
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