Library of Congress
South Carolina Civil War Photographs
469 photographs in this state - page 4 of 8
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![[Morris Island, South Carolina. Battery Weed. Five 10-inch siege mortars]](https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/cwpb/04700/04733_150px.jpg#h=96&w=150)
![[Morris Island, South Carolina. Naval Battery. Two 8-inch Parrot Rifles. Breaching Battery against Fort Sumter]](https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/cwpb/04700/04721_150px.jpg#h=96&w=150)
![Interior view of Fort Sumter, Charleston, S.C. taken by a Confederate photographer in 1864 [i.e. 1863]](https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/ppmsca/35400/35443_150px.jpg#h=150&w=140)
![[Folly Island, South Carolina. Bomb and splinter proof of General Gillmore's works]](https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/cwpb/04700/04736_150px.jpg#h=97&w=150)

![[Morris Island, South Carolina. Battery "B" of the last U.S. artillery (Henry's battery) active during siege operations against Fort Wagner and Battery Gregg]](https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/cwpb/04700/04741_150px.jpg#h=96&w=150)
![[Morris Island, South Carolina. Unidentified camp]](https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/cwpb/04700/04752_150px.jpg#h=96&w=150)
![Interior views of Fort Sumter, Charleston, S.C. taken by a Confederate photographer in 1864 [i.e. 1863]](https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/ppmsca/35400/35441_150px.jpg#h=150&w=138)
![[Morris Island, South Carolina. Unidentified camp]](https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/cwpb/04700/04745_150px.jpg#h=96&w=150)


![View from parapet, showing Federal Iron Class, taken by a Confederate photographer in 1864 [i.e. 1863]](https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/ppmsca/35200/35201_150px.jpg#h=150&w=144)
![[Morris Island, South Carolina. Naval Battery. Two 80-pounder Whitworths. Breaching battery against Fort Sumpter]](https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/cwpb/04700/04719_150px.jpg#h=95&w=150)
![[Morris Island, South Carolina]](https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/cwpb/04700/04749_150px.jpg#h=97&w=150)
![[Morris Island (vicinity), South Carolina. The "Marsh Battery" or "Swamp Angel" after the explosion, August 22, 1863]](https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/cwpb/04700/04737_150px.jpg#h=96&w=150)
![[Morris Island, South Carolina. Fort Putnam, formerly Confederate battery Gregg]](https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/cwpb/04700/04739_150px.jpg#h=96&w=150)
![[Morris Island, South Carolina. Unidentified camp]](https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/cwpb/04700/04747_150px.jpg#h=96&w=150)
![[Morris Island, South Carolina. Unidentified camp]](https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/cwpb/04700/04755_150px.jpg#h=95&w=150)
![Interior views of Fort Sumter, S.C. taken by a Confederate photographer in 1864 [i.e. 1863]](https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/ppmsca/35400/35440_150px.jpg#h=150&w=123)
![[Morris Island (vicinity), South Carolina. Ruins of Charleston lighthouse]](https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/cwpb/04700/04735_150px.jpg#h=96&w=150)
![[Morris Island, South Carolina. Battery Hays. One 8-inch Parrot Rifle, dismounted. Breaching battery against Fort Sumter]](https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/cwpb/04700/04730_150px.jpg#h=96&w=150)
![[Morris Island, South Carolina. General Quincy A. Gillmore in front of his tent]](https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/cwpb/04700/04756_150px.jpg#h=96&w=150)


![Interior views of Fort Sumter, Charleston, S.C. taken by a Confederate photographer in 1864 [i.e. 1863]](https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/ppmsca/35400/35442_150px.jpg#h=150&w=131)
![[Folly Island, South Carolina]](https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/cwpb/04700/04720_150px.jpg#h=96&w=150)
![Interior view of Fort Sumter in 1864 [i.e. 1863] taken by a Confederate photographer](https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/ppmsca/35400/35427_150px.jpg#h=127&w=150)
![[Morris Island, South Carolina. The "Marsh Battery" or "Swamp Angel" after the explosion, August 22, 1863]](https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/cwpb/04700/04744_150px.jpg#h=96&w=150)

![Interior Views of Fort Sumter, Charleston, S.C. taken by a Confederate photographer in 1864 [i.e. 1863]](https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/ppmsca/35400/35439_150px.jpg#h=150&w=131)
![Interior view of Fort Sumter, S.C. in 1864 [showing debris]](https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/cph/3b20000/3b20000/3b20500/3b20576_150px.jpg#h=150&w=120)
![Interior view of Fort Sumter, S.C. in 1864 [showing debris]](https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/cph/3b20000/3b20000/3b20500/3b20574_150px.jpg#h=135&w=150)
![Interior view of Fort Sumter, S.C. in 1864 [showing debris]](https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/cph/3b20000/3b20000/3b20500/3b20575_150px.jpg#h=135&w=150)
![[Powder monkey by gun of U.S.S. New Hampshire off Charleston, S.C.]](https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/cwpb/03500/03515_150px.jpg#h=150&w=122)

![[Charleston, South Carolina (vicinity). View of Battery Chatfield Morris Island with gun pointed at Fort Sumter (Fort Putnam and Battery Dahlgren in the distant background]](https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/cwpb/03100/03156_150px.jpg#h=150&w=138)









![[Sullivan's Island, S.C. Wreck of blockade-runner near the shore]](https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/cwpb/02900/02974_150px.jpg#h=150&w=150)
![[Charleston, S.C. The Charleston Hotel (200 Meeting Street)]](https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/cwpb/03000/03017_150px.jpg#h=150&w=150)






![[Club house race course, where Federal officers were confined, Charleston, S.C., April 1865]](https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/cph/3c00000/3c04000/3c04900/3c04934_150px.jpg#h=120&w=150)

![[Charleston, S.C. Cathedral of St. John and St. Finbar; another view]](https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/cwpb/02300/02347_150px.jpg#h=150&w=134)


![[Charleston, South Carolina (vicinity).] Steamers at wharf](https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/cwpb/03200/03211_150px.jpg#h=150&w=128)
