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Ruins of the North Eastern Depot, Charleston, S. C

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05137.101 Author/Creator: Place Written: New York Type: Photograph Date: 1865 Pagination: 1 stereocard Order a Copy

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. Caption: "Ruins of the North Eastern Depot, Charleston, S. C. Blown up at the time of the evacuation by the Rebels." Soldiers posed on skeleton of a building.

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