Fort Sumter, showing the effects of the bombardment by the artillery of the Army and Navy of the United States while occupied by the rebels
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Fort Sumter, showing the effects of the bombardment by the artillery of the Army and Navy of the United States while occupied by the rebels

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Fort Sumter, showing the effects of the bombardment by the artillery of the Army and Navy of the United States while occupied by the rebels

ca. 1865
Albumen silver print
Image: 10 1/4 × 14 3/16 in. (26.1 × 36.1 cm)
Mount: 15 × 17 in. (38.1 × 43.2 cm)
Gift of the Chicago Historical Society
1983.0639.0001
Inscriptions recto (printed in black ink): FORT SUMTER, / Showing the effects of the / BOMBARDMENT / by the ARTILLERY of the ARMY & NAVY / of the United States; / while occupied by the Rebels / from April 1861, to Feb. 1865.
[crest with eagle, castle, olive branches, and banner reading "ESSAYONS"]
Engineer Department
(in ink): Richd [d is smaller and underlined] Delafield
gnel. & Chief Engineer
verso (pencil): No 4
(typed on label): Engineer Department / Rich'd Delafield / Bvt Major General / Chief Engineer / U. S. A.
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