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"Südseite von Fort Sumter vor der Beschießung."

Osborn stamp on verso. Pencil inscription on verso: "Südseite von Fort Sumter vor der Beschießung." View of the damage to the south side of Fort Sumter by Confederate guns firing from Cumming's Point.

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View of the powder magazine at Fort Sumter.

Osborn stamp on verso. View of the powder magazine at Fort Sumter.

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View of the parapet at Fort Sumter.

View of the parapet at Fort Sumter. The guns on the parapet are trained on the Iron Clad Battery.

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View of the southeast side of the parade at Fort Sumter

Osborn stamp on verso. View of the southeast side of the parade at Fort Sumter, including the shot furnace and the soldiers' east barracks.

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View of the southwest face of Fort Sumter

Osborn stamp on verso. View of the southwest face of Fort Sumter showing damage from the guns of the Iron Clad Battery.

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View of the cannons from inside Fort Sumter

Osborn stamp on verso. View of the cannons from inside Fort Sumter, probably on the parapet.

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[View of the destruction at Fort Sumter.]

Osborn stamp on verso. [View of the destruction at Fort Sumter.]

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View of the southwest corner of Fort Sumter

Osborn stamp on verso. View of the southwest corner of Fort Sumter showing damage from guns at Morris Island and the Floating Battery.

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View of the makeshift flagstaff at Fort Sumter

Osborn stamp on verso. View of the makeshift flagstaff at Fort Sumter with the sally-port and damaged officers' quarters in the background.

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View of the main sally-port into Fort Sumter.

Osborn stamp on verso. View of the main sally-port into Fort Sumter, taken from outside the fort.

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View of Confederate soldiers posing with captured guns at Fort Sumter.

Osborn stamp on verso. View of Confederate soldiers posing with captured guns at Fort Sumter. Stair tower is visible in the background.

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View of the shot furnace inside Fort Sumter, which sits below the flagstaff.

Oval pastoral scene of three girls pasted on verso. View of the shot furnace inside Fort Sumter, which sits below the flagstaff. The top of the flagstaff, where the Confederate flag now flies, has been cut off in this photograph.

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interior of Fort Sumter's casemate .

Oval scene of a river valley pasted on verso. Purported to be the only known photograph of the interior of Fort Sumter's casemate, this view shows a row of guns mounted beneath brick archways.

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View of damage on the interior of Fort Sumter .

Osborn imprint on verso. View of damage on the interior of Fort Sumter by the Iron Clad Battery.

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View of five Confederate soldiers gathered in the sally-port of Fort Sumter.

Osborn stamp on verso. View of five Confederate soldiers gathered in the sally-port of Fort Sumter.

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View of southwest side of Fort Sumter

Oval scene of a river valley pasted on verso. View of southwest side of Fort Sumter showing the now-demolished officers' quarters and a row of unmounted cannon barrels.

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View of Fort Sumter's rear parapet .

Oval bust portrait [lithograph?] of a young woman pasted on verso. View of Fort Sumter's rear parapet showing a dismounted gun and a sandbag traverse.

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to William Knox

Chastises William for not writing more. Discusses the recent Tory plot to either capture or assassinate George Washington and the subsequent hanging of a member of the General's Guard named John Rickey, a misidentification of Thomas Hickey, the only...

GLC02437.00356

to William Knox

Notes that Lucy Knox and others have gone to Fairfield, Connecticut, away from potential fighting in New York. Indicates that he gave Colonel David Mason a draft for fifty dollars to be paid by William (see GLC02437.00358). Asks William to write...

GLC02437.00360

to Lucy Knox

Laments that Lucy had to abruptly leave New York, although it was for her safety. They believed the British would attack but they landed on Staten Island instead, where they were "received with a hearty welcome by its rascally Tory inhabitants."...

GLC02437.00361

to William Knox

Thanks William for his recent letter. Discusses Lucy Knox's hasty evacuation from New York when British ships were spotted in the Hudson and the unhappiness it caused both Lucy and himself (also see GLC024327.00364). Lucy is distressed but Henry...

GLC02437.00367

to Louise Walbridge

Relays rumors of Confederates in Maryland and the death of Kearny: "he was brave as a lion. The city is in mourning over the death tolls in recent battles. He used in battle to take his reins in his mouth, and with his sword in his right hand (he...

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to Louise Walbridge

Advises his sister not to teach any longer, managing the property and defends his brigade from attacks resulting from their performance at Fair Oaks. He also tells of wounded men who lay on the battlefield for three days and who claimed to have been...

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to Louise Walbridge

Tells of the Montauk's attack on Fort Pulaski. "I know my letters are very dull now a days but you must remember, that we are completely cut off from the outer world."

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to Louise Walbridge

Posted to a "battery" of one brass gun and two palmetto guns, rumors of a renewed attack on Charleston, exchanging newspapers with the Confederates, who "beat us in getting possession of the New York Papers." He then discusses the dangers of such...

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