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Fortifications at Fort Wagner, Morris Island, SC [split stereocard]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.1262 Author/Creator: Place Written: Morris Island, South Carolina Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 photograph 9.2 x 8.9 cm Order a Copy

The image shows two large tents inside fortifications with two people in the foreground, and another group of people on top of the fortifications in the distance. Inscription on image: "Photographic History." Numeric notations on verso: "362," and "No. 3490." Inscriptions on verso: "War Vie [cut off]," "Interior of Ft. Wagner, Morris Island, S [cut off]" and "Published by E. & H. T. [cut off] American and Foreign Stereoscipic Emporium."

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