Osborn's Gallery "Südseite von Fort Sumter vor der Beschießung."
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04509.20 Author/Creator: Osborn's Gallery Place Written: Charleston, South Carolina Type: Photograph Date: April 1861 Pagination: carte de visite, 6.2 x 9.7 cm. White mount with gold border. Order a Copy
Osborn stamp on verso. Pencil inscription on verso: "Südseite von Fort Sumter vor der Beschießung." View of the damage to the south side of Fort Sumter by Confederate guns firing from Cumming's Point.
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