April 1861

Osborn's Gallery

Photograph

Title: 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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April 1861

Osborn's Gallery

Photograph

Title: 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.

GLC04509.33

April 1861

Osborn's Gallery

Photograph

Title: 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.

GLC04509.34

April 1861

Osborn's Gallery

Photograph

Title: View of the damage to the western barracks at Fort Moultrie.

Osborn imprint on verso. View of the damage to the western barracks at Fort Moultrie.

GLC04509.35

April 1861

Osborn's Gallery

Photograph

Title: 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.

GLC04509.36

April 1861

Osborn's Gallery

Photograph

Title: 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.

GLC04509.37

April 1861

Osborn's Gallery

Photograph

Title: 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.

GLC04509.38

April 1861

Osborn's Gallery

Photograph

Title: 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.

GLC04509.39

April 1861

Osborn's Gallery

Photograph

Title: 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.

GLC04509.40

April 1861

Osborn's Gallery

Photograph

Title: 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.

GLC04509.41

April 1861

Osborn's Gallery

Photograph

Title: 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.

GLC04509.42

1891

Photograph

Title: "Helen Lameau, Aged 8 years, 1891."

Imprint of Noelle on recto and verso. Pencil inscription on verso: "Helen Lameau, Aged 8 years, 1891." Full length standing portrait with tinted cheeks, lips, hair, hair ribbon, and flowers. A trellis with climbing vine has been added at the left. Possibly the same girl in image #44.

GLC04509.45

April 1861

Austin, W.B., fl. 1861

Photograph

Title: "With much love to Cousin H. from Belle."

Ink inscription on verso: "With much love to Cousin H. from Belle." Vignette bust portrait of a young woman in white.

GLC04509.47

1863

Document

Title: C.S.S. Georgia list of prizes captured from commencement of cruise

Contains information about the ships captured. Includes the date and location of the capture or burning of the nine ships, names and captains of the ships, owners, the vessel's home port and the value of the ship and its cargo. The list was most likely written by Richard W. Curtis, paymaster. Comes with original storage envelope.

GLC04572.01

1 November 1863

Maury, William Lewis, 1813-1878

Document signed

Title: [April 1863 return of enlistments on board the Confederate States Steamer Georgia]

Co-signed by Richard W. Curtis. Lists name, rank, date, and place of enlistment (66 men listed). Document is marked "duplicate" on upper left hand corner.

GLC04572.02

1 November 1863

Maury, William Lewis, 1813-1878

Document signed

Title: [May 1863 return of enlistments on board the Confederate States Steamer Georgia]

Co-signed by Richard W. Curtis. Lists name, rank, date, and place of enlistment (13 men listed). Document is marked "duplicate" on upper left hand corner.

GLC04572.03

1 November 1863

Maury, William Lewis, 1813-1878

Document signed

Title: [June 1863 return of enlistments on board the Confederate States Steamer Georgia]

Co-signed by Richard W. Curtis. Lists name, rank, date, and place of enlistment (7 men listed). Document is marked "duplicate" on upper left hand corner.

GLC04572.04

1 November 1863

Maury, William Lewis, 1813-1878

Document signed

Title: [July 1863 return of enlistments on board the Confederate States Steamer Georgia]

Co-signed by Richard W. Curtis. Lists name, rank, date, and place of enlistment. Document is marked "duplicate" on upper left hand corner.

GLC04572.05

1 November 1863

Maury, William Lewis, 1813-1878

Document signed

Title: [9 April - 31 October 1863 return of discharges from the Confederate States Steamer Georgia]

Co-signed by Richard W. Curtis. Lists name, date of enlistment, rank and date of discharge. Notes where the men were discharged, "Simon's Bay, Cape of Good Hope," and notes they were discharged "at own request" (4 men listed). Indicates duplicate on the upper left hand corner.

GLC04572.06

1 November 1863

Maury, William Lewis, 1813-1878

Document signed

Title: [9 April - 31 October 1863 return of desertions from the Confederate States Steamer Georgia]

Co-signed by Richard W. Curtis. Lists name, rank, date of enlistment, date and place of desertion, and money owed to the men by the Confederacy: "Note - The above amounts were due, after deducting the Bounty of £10 say $48.00" (2 men deserted). Marked "duplicate" on upper left hand corner.

GLC04572.07

16 November 1863

Villeneuve, Alexandre-Marie Ducrest de, 1813-1893

Letter signed

Title: [to the commander of the C.S.S. Georgia] [in French]

No. 2334. Asserts that Louis Eugene Bouvier (a.k.a Cullen) deserted from the Imperial Ship the "Renommee" in the Sea of China. Asks Maury what the sailor's nationality is and inquires about the man's position on the Georgia. Villeneuve signs as French naval commander and major general of the Marines at Cherbourg.

GLC04572.08

18 November 1864

Villeneuve, Alexandre-Marie Ducrest de, 1813-1893

Letter signed

Title: [to the commander of the C.S.S. Georgia] [in French]

No. 388. Mentions William Cullen, a member of the Georgia crew, who is actually a French deserter.

GLC04572.09

26 November 1863

Villeneuve, Alexandre-Marie Ducrest de, 1813-1893

Letter signed

Title: [to the commander of the C.S.S. Georgia] [in French]

No. 2367. Signed as a Major General of the French Navy. Believes that William Cullen is a French sailor named Bouvier. Cullen claims that the North American (United States) commercial vessel he was on was sunk by the Georgia. Villeneuve asks that the man's story be confirmed and requests to know the name of the vessel and the state of its origin.

GLC04572.10

7 December 1863

Roze, Pierre Gustave, 1812-1882

Letter signed

Title: [to the commander of the C.S.S. Georgia] [in French]

Roze, a French rear admiral, authorizes repairs to be made on the C.S.S. Georgia. Specifies machinery, such as diving equipment, to be used in making the repairs.

GLC04572.11

6 January 1864

Robertson, J.W., fl. 1850-1863

Letter signed

Title: to William L. Maury

Letter from the Confederate Treasury (Acting First Auditor) requesting documentation for money turned over to Major John de Bree, Paymaster.

GLC04572.12