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Point Battery, Charleston, South Carolina [split stereocard]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.1185 Author/Creator: Place Written: Charleston, South Carolina Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 7.9 cm, Width: 8.3 cm Order a Copy

Image of large cannon, surrounded by its crew and situated next to large earthen fortification. Graphite inscription on verso: "Point Battery, Charleston SC." Numeric notation on verso: "25[9]."

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