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Fort Moultrie, 1865 [split stereocard]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.1203 Author/Creator: Place Written: Sullivan's Island, South Carolina Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 photograph 8.9 x 8.6 cm Order a Copy

Image of the remains of Fort Moultrie, with large numbers of cannonballs but with apparant shell damage nonetheless. Graphite inscription on verso: "Fort Moultrie 1865." Numeric notation on verso: "372." Written at Fort Moultrie

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