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Cartes of Fort Sumter & Charleston after capture, photographed by Osborne [word processed inventory available]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04509 Author/Creator: Place Written: Charleston, South Carolina Type: Header Record Date: 1865 ca. Pagination: 50 photographs + album 9.2 x 6.3 cm Order a Copy

Pictures taken by Osborne shortly after the capture of Sumter. Album housed separately.

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