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Fort Putnam, on Morris Island, near Charleston

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05137.098 Author/Creator: Place Written: New York Type: Photograph Date: 1861-1865 ca. Pagination: 1 stereocard Order a Copy

Series title but no Anthony imprint. Shows two soldiers lounging on a pyramid of cannonballs. Cannon, ammunition, boxes of supplies and defensive walls also visible. Although this card carries the "War Views" series title there is no identification indicating it is part of the Anthony series of that name.

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