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Osborn's Gallery View of the southwest face of Fort Sumter

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04509.29 Author/Creator: Osborn's Gallery Place Written: Charleston, South Carolina Type: Photograph Date: April 1861 Pagination: carte de visite : White mount with gold border Height: 6.2 cm, Width: 10.1 cm Order a Copy

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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