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The Collection

Photographs

90 plates, each paired with its original master scan.

Charleston Photographers

George Norman Barnard — George Norman Barnard1861–1865

Haas & Peale — Haas & Peale1861–1865

Osborn & Durbec — Osborn & Durbec1861–1865

Legacy of a Fire — Legacy of a Fire1861–1865

Charleston Personalities

Robert Anderson — Robert Anderson1861–1865

Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard — Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard1861–1865

John C. Calhoun — John C. Calhoun1861–1865

Grave of John C. Calhoun — Grave of John C. Calhoun1861–1865 · St. Philip’s Church

Calhoun’s Grave, Another View — Calhoun’s Grave, Another View1861–1865 · St. Philip’s Church

The Wife Who Went Away — The Wife Who Went Away1861–1865

Roswell S. Ripley (second view) — Roswell S. Ripley (second view)1861–1865

Roswell S. Ripley — Roswell S. Ripley1861–1865

Edmund Ruffin — Edmund Ruffin1861

Robert Gould Shaw — Robert Gould Shaw1861–1865

Charleston Scenes

Casualties of War — Casualties of War1861–1865

How the Powder Blew Up — How the Powder Blew Up1861–1865

Ruins of Northeastern Depot — Ruins of Northeastern Depot1861–1865 · Northeastern Railroad Depot

Effect of a Shell Explosion on Meeting Street — Effect of a Shell Explosion on Meeting Street1861–1865

Where General Lee Directed the Firefighters — Where General Lee Directed the Firefighters1861–1865

And the Rich Got Shelled — And the Rich Got Shelled1861–1865

Ruins of Secession Hall — Ruins of Secession Hall1861–1865 · Institute Hall

Back in Business — Back in Business1861–1865

Note the Shell-Hole — Note the Shell-Hole1861–1865

When Jeff Davis Paid a Visit — When Jeff Davis Paid a Visit1861–1865

City Hall — City Hall1861–1865 · Charleston City Hall

Shell Damage at Vendue Range — Shell Damage at Vendue RangeFebruary–December 1865 · Vendue Range

Shopping at Vendue Range (second view) — Shopping at Vendue Range (second view)1861–1865 · Vendue Range

Shopping at Vendue Range — Shopping at Vendue Range1861–1865 · Vendue Range

Looking Up Cumberland Street — Looking Up Cumberland Street1861–1865 · Cumberland Street

Post Office on East Bay Street — Post Office on East Bay Street1861–1865 · East Bay Street

Post Office on East Bay Street II — Post Office on East Bay Street II1861–1865 · East Bay Street

One Building, Three Governments — One Building, Three Governments1861–1865 · East Bay Street

The Bank of Charleston — The Bank of Charleston1861–1865 · Bank of Charleston

The Charleston Hotel — The Charleston Hotel1861–1865 · Charleston Hotel

“Rice is Gold” — “Rice is Gold”February–December 1865 · West Point Rice Mill

The Orphan Asylum — The Orphan Asylum1861–1865 · Charleston Orphan House

USCT Soldier Before the Orphan Asylum — USCT Soldier Before the Orphan Asylum1861–1865 · Charleston Orphan House

Roper Hospital — Roper Hospital1861–1865 · Roper Hospital

Where Sister Xavier Brought Smiles — Where Sister Xavier Brought Smiles1861–1865 · Roper Hospital

Market Hall — Market Hall1861–1865 · Market Hall

Now, It’s the Confederate Museum — Now, It’s the Confederate Museum1861–1865 · Market Hall

Looking Toward the Cooper River — Looking Toward the Cooper River1861–1865

City Jail — City Jail1861–1865 · Charleston City Jail

The Battery

The Shell-pocked Daniel Heyward Mansion — The Shell-pocked Daniel Heyward Mansion1861–1865 · The Battery

Daniel Heyward’s Mansion, Collapsed — Daniel Heyward’s Mansion, Collapsed1861–1865 · The Battery

Looking West Along Bay Street — Looking West Along Bay Street1861–1865

The Blakelys

Looking Out from White Point Garden (second view) — Looking Out from White Point Garden (second view)1861–1865 · White Point Garden

Looking Out from White Point Garden — Looking Out from White Point Garden1861–1865 · White Point Garden

The Wrecked Blakely at the Battery (second view) — The Wrecked Blakely at the Battery (second view)1861–1865 · White Point Garden

The Wrecked Blakely at the Battery — The Wrecked Blakely at the Battery1861–1865 · White Point Garden

The Muzzle on the Parapet (second view) — The Muzzle on the Parapet (second view)1861–1865 · White Point Garden

The Muzzle on the Parapet — The Muzzle on the Parapet1861–1865 · White Point Garden

View on the Battery — View on the Battery1861–1865 · The Battery

General Hatch, the Occupier

Note the Tree and Wall (second view) — Note the Tree and Wall (second view)1861–1865

Note the Tree and Wall — Note the Tree and Wall1861–1865

A Treeless Ashe House — A Treeless Ashe House1861–1865

African American Presence — African American PresenceFebruary–August 1865 · South Battery

Charleston Defenses

10-inch Columbiad at the Point Battery — 10-inch Columbiad at the Point BatteryApril 1865 · White Point Garden

Battery Ramsay — Battery Ramsay1861–1865 · White Point Garden

The King Street Battery — The King Street Battery1861–1865 · King Street

Battery at Vanderhorst's Wharf — Battery at Vanderhorst's WharfFebruary–December 1865 · Vanderhorst's Wharf

The Burnt District

Ruins of the Cathedral (second view) — Ruins of the Cathedral (second view)1861–1865 · Cathedral of St. John the Baptist and St. Finbar

Ruins of the Cathedral — Ruins of the Cathedral1861–1865 · Cathedral of St. John the Baptist and St. Finbar

Secession Hall Before the Fire — Secession Hall Before the Fire1861–1865 · Institute Hall

All That Was Left of Secession Hall — All That Was Left of Secession Hall1861–1865 · Institute Hall

Looking East Along Broad Street — Looking East Along Broad Street1861–1865 · Broad Street

Cathedral of St. John and St. Finbar — Cathedral of St. John and St. Finbar1861–1865 · Cathedral of St. John the Baptist and St. Finbar

The Fire-scarred Mills House — The Fire-scarred Mills House1861–1865 · Mills House

The Mills House Looking North — The Mills House Looking North1861–1865 · Mills House

The Mills House with Adjacent Ruins — The Mills House with Adjacent Ruins1861–1865 · Mills House

The Mills House — The Mills HouseMarch 1865 · Mills House

The Fire that Leaped across the Street — The Fire that Leaped across the Street1861–1865

Ruined Buildings from Circular Church — Ruined Buildings from Circular Church1861–1865 · Circular Congregational Church

A Lot of Shot — A Lot of Shot1861–1865 · Charleston Arsenal

Charleston Arsenal

Ordnance at the Arsenal (second view) — Ordnance at the Arsenal (second view)1861–1865 · Charleston Arsenal

Ordnance at the Arsenal — Ordnance at the Arsenal1861–1865 · Charleston Arsenal

The Holy City

Meeting Street, Looking Up to St. Michael's — Meeting Street, Looking Up to St. Michael'sMarch–May 1865 · St. Michael's Church

The Pen of Augustine Thomas Smythe — The Pen of Augustine Thomas Smythe1861–1865

What a Cemetery Says (second view) — What a Cemetery Says (second view)1861–1865 · St. Philip’s Church

What a Cemetery Says — What a Cemetery Says1861–1865 · St. Philip’s Church

Waking Up the Dead — Waking Up the Dead1861–1865 · St. Philip’s Church

Effects of a Northern Shell — Effects of a Northern Shell1861–1865

Assistants among the Ruins — Assistants among the Ruins1861–1865 · Circular Congregational Church

Barnardiana

George Barnard Comes to Charleston — George Barnard Comes to Charleston1861–1865

Where Northern Officers Stayed — Where Northern Officers Stayed1861–1865

He’s Removed His Coat (second view) — He’s Removed His Coat (second view)1861–1865 · Circular Congregational Church

He’s Removed His Coat — He’s Removed His Coat1861–1865 · Circular Congregational Church

Race Course and Federals' Graveyard

Federal Soldiers' Cemetery — Federal Soldiers' CemeteryFebruary–December 1865 · Washington Race Course

The Davids

David — David1861–1865 · Chisolm Causeway, Ashley River

Another David — Another David23 March 1865 · Chisolm Causeway, Ashley River