Fort Sumter

View taken in 1861, Confederate States of America.

Photograph shows group of men at the entrance of Fort Sumter. No. 4394. Hand written on verso: Miller, vol. 9, p. 41. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Fort Sumter, Charleston, S.C. Pho... More

Bombardment of Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor: 12th & 13th of April, 1...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0664 Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress, 2002-2003. Exhibited: "With Malice Towar... More

Interior views of Fort Sumter, in April, 1865

Photograph shows a pile of cannon balls inside the battery at Fort Sumter. No. B665. Mounted with five other photographs. Photograph is half of a stereograph pair. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor, no. 624 / George Stacy.

Stereograph shows three men standing on a sandbar next to a boat with three men sitting inside anchored opposite of Fort Sumter, Charleston, South Carolina. Card number: "No. 624." Forms part of the Larry Gott... More

The flag of Fort Sumter, Confederate States of America.

Copyright by S.T. McDougall. Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Sumter as seen from Morris Island, Charleston harbor, S.C.

Photograph shows the lighthouse constructed by the Union Army inside the fort and the heavily damaged exterior on the right flank after the bombardment.

Charleston Harbor S.C. Bombardment of Fort Sumter.

Regional view of Charleston Harbor showing the city of Charleston on the Ashley and Cooper rivers, Castle Pinckney on Shute's Folly Island, Pleasantville and Mt. Pleasant Battery, Mechanicsville and batteries o... More

Bombardment of Fort Sumter by the batteries of the Confederate states

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1861 April 27, pp. 264-265. Public domain photograph related to Confederate States of America, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picry... More

Bombardment of Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor: 12th & 13th of April, 1...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0664 Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress, 2002-2003. Exhibited: "With Malice Towar... More

Interior of Fort Sumter after bombardment from Morris Island

Federal bombardment of Confederate fortifications, Aug. - Sept. 1863. Illustration from: Harper's Weekly, (1864 Jan. 9), p. 28. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: C.W... More

Major [Robert] Anderson's command at Fort Sumter

Nine men in uniform posing, including Capt. Abner Doubleday (1819-1893), originator of baseball, who aimed first shot fired at Confederates in Civil War. Anderson, Robert; Crawford, Samuel, Wylie, 1829-1892; Fo... More

Bombardment of Fort Sumter by the batteries of the Confederate states,...

Print shows Confederate soldiers firing cannons from an artillery battery, bombarding Fort Sumter in the distance.

Where the Civil War began - Fort Sumter and distant mainland to right,...

View from ship - 2 men in uniform reclining on bow. H2979 U.S. Copyright Office. Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: ... More

Charleston, South Carolina (vicinity). Guns of Fort Johnson; Fort Sumt...

Caption from negative sleeve: Fort Johnson, Morris Island, S.C. looking south east; Fort Sumter in the distance. Two plates form left (LC-B811-3472B) and right (LC-B811-3472A) halves of a stereograph pair. Cred... More

[Fort Sumter.] 19th century stereoscope card. South Carolina.

South Carolina stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker w... More

Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor[sic], Confederate States of America.

Exterior view of Fort Sumter, a Confederate flag flying as part of the fort explodes. Signed lower left: A. Vizitelly. Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed lower left: 1863. Formerly listed as DRWG/US - B - Fo... More

Charleston, South Carolina. Flag-raising ceremony at Fort Sumter. Arri...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Charleston, S.C. Federal squadron dressed with flags for the anniversa...

Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Charleston, S.C., 1863-1865. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milh... More

The great fight at Charleston S.C. April, 7th 1863: between 9 United S...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2831

The end of the rebellion in the United States, 1865 / C. Kimmel.

A sequel to Kimmel's grand image "The Outbreak of the Rebellion in the United States" (no. 1865-19), issued the year before. The artist depicts in symbolic terms the downfall of the Confederacy. Columbia, crown... More

The Union volunteer, Confederate States of America.

One of several patriotic prints issued by Currier & Ives in May 1861, closely following the Confederate bombardment of Fort Sumter and President Lincoln's appeal to the states for troops to suppress the rebelli... More

Andersonville Prison Historic map, Library of Congress

Detailed plan of Andersonville Prison Camp, showing Sweetwater Lick to the north, and the Southwestern & Enfaula Railroad to the east. Shows the main forts, stockade and cemetery.

Mr. Edmund Ruffin, said to have fired first shot against Fort Sumter

Edmund Ruffin, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing front. No. 4945. No. 836.

Views of Fort Sumter from drawings

Photograph of drawing shows Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor with a boat sailing by. The Confederate flag waves above the fort. No. B701. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Fort Sumter,... More

[Charleston, S.C. Site of the night attack on Fort Sumter, September 8...

Photograph of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Charleston, S.C., 1862-1863.

The Evacuation of Fort Sumter, April 1861

Attributed to Alma A. Pelot (American, active Charleston, South Carolina, 1850s–1860s)

Fort Johnson, James Island, looking toward Fort Sumter

Formerly attributed to Mathew B. Brady (American, born Ireland, 1823?–1896 New York)

Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), east face, Charleston Harbor, S.C., showin...

Stereograph showing broken girders among piles of rocks next to the palmetto reinforcement on the exterior wall of Fort Sumter. No. 3127. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright ... More

The light house and bomb proofs of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), S.C.

Stereograph showing the entrance to a casemate beneath a beacon tower on the parapet of Fort Sumter. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright 1865 by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. Forms... More

Interior of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), S.C., looking south, showing o...

Stereograph showing gabion reinforced retaining walls, brick chimneys, rocks and other debris inside Fort Sumter. No. 3132. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright 1865 by E. & H... More

History repeats itself / Dalrymple., Confederate States of America.

Print shows, at center, William Jennings Bryan labeled "16 to 1", standing on a platform "Built by Popo. Platform Silver Syndicate", holding up a paper that states "'We Denounce Arbitrary Interference by Federa... More

Fort Sumpter [i.e. Sumter] from the battery, Charleston, S.C.

Public domain photograph of park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Charleston, South Carolina. Exterior view of Fort Sumter

Stereo filed in LOT 4166C. Caption from negative sleeve: Fort Sumter. Two plates form left (LC-B811-3052B) and right (LC-B811-3052A) halves of a stereograph pair. Corresponding print is in LOT 4166-C. Credit li... More

Charleston, South Carolina (vicinity). Interior of Fort Moultrie, look...

Title supplied by Richard W. Hatcher, III, Historian, Fort Sumter National Monument, 2009. Caption on negative sleeve: Interior view of Fort Johnson, Morris Island, S.C. Looking toward Fort Sumter. Two plates f... More

Fort Sumter from Sullivan's Island, Charleston, S.C

Also available as photographic print in LOT 9193 with copy negative LC-USZ62-55308 (b&w film copy neg.). Corresponding glass transparency (same series code) available on videodisc frame 1A-28946. Detroit Publis... More

Fort Sumter, from Sullivan's Island. Stereoscope card of Charleston SC...

Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor. Stereoscope card of Charleston SC.

[Charleston, S.C. Interior of Fort Sumter with gabions; another view]

Photograph of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Charleston, S.C., 1863-1865.

Interior of Fort Sumpter [i.e. Sumter], Charleston Harbor, S.C. April ...

Stereograph shows flag-festooned stage and benches within Fort Sumter with crowd waiting for General Robert Anderson to raise the American flag in triumph. Corresponding glass negatives: LC-B811-3145B, left, a... More

Fort Sumter after the bombardment, Confederate States of America.

Stereograph showing ruins of artillery among the rocks on the exterior of Fort Sumter. No. 6051. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865. Attributed to George N. Barnard in 1... More

Fort Sumter, Charleston, Charleston County, SC

Significance: The defense of this fort by its Union garrison marked the beginning of the Civil War; the existing remains display interesting structural features. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More

Fort Sumter, Charleston, Charleston County, SC

Significance: The defense of this fort by its Union garrison marked the beginning of the Civil War; the existing remains display interesting structural features. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More

Fort Sumter, Charleston, Charleston County, SC

Significance: The defense of this fort by its Union garrison marked the beginning of the Civil War; the existing remains display interesting structural features. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More

Fort Sumter, Charleston, Charleston County, SC

Significance: The defense of this fort by its Union garrison marked the beginning of the Civil War; the existing remains display interesting structural features. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More

Fort Sumter, Charleston, Charleston County, SC

Significance: The defense of this fort by its Union garrison marked the beginning of the Civil War; the existing remains display interesting structural features. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More

Fort Sumter, Charleston, Charleston County, SC

Significance: The defense of this fort by its Union garrison marked the beginning of the Civil War; the existing remains display interesting structural features. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More

Fort Sumter, Charleston, Charleston County, SC

Significance: The defense of this fort by its Union garrison marked the beginning of the Civil War; the existing remains display interesting structural features. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More

Fort Sumter, Charleston, Charleston County, SC

Significance: The defense of this fort by its Union garrison marked the beginning of the Civil War; the existing remains display interesting structural features. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More

Fort Sumter, Charleston, Charleston County, SC

Significance: The defense of this fort by its Union garrison marked the beginning of the Civil War; the existing remains display interesting structural features. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More

Fort Sumter, Charleston, Charleston County, SC

Significance: The defense of this fort by its Union garrison marked the beginning of the Civil War; the existing remains display interesting structural features. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More

Fort Sumter, Charleston, Charleston County, SC

Significance: The defense of this fort by its Union garrison marked the beginning of the Civil War; the existing remains display interesting structural features. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More

Fort Sumter, Charleston, Charleston County, SC

Significance: The defense of this fort by its Union garrison marked the beginning of the Civil War; the existing remains display interesting structural features. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More

Fort Sumter, Charleston, Charleston County, SC

Significance: The defense of this fort by its Union garrison marked the beginning of the Civil War; the existing remains display interesting structural features. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More

Fort Sumter, Charleston, Charleston County, SC

Significance: The defense of this fort by its Union garrison marked the beginning of the Civil War; the existing remains display interesting structural features. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More

[Fort Sumter parapet with dismounted gun damaged by Confederate fire]

Picryl description: Public domain image of an American Civil War, military forces and conflict, officer, uniform, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Exterior of Sumter, no. 2, Confederate States of America.

Photograph shows the damaged exterior walls of Fort Sumter near the gorge. Four men stand near a boat in the foreground. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Date of photo based on newspaper acco... More

[Guns on the parapet at Fort Sumter]

Photograph shows a soldier sitting beside a damaged gun inside of Fort Sumter after the bombardment. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). From verso: "#15." Attributed to photographers Osborn & D... More

A view of the north face of Fort Sumter, taken in 1868, Charleston, S....

Photograph shows a damaged portion of the fort that faces Sullivan's Island. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). "No. 33." Date from similar object in the Stereographic Views of South Carolina C... More

View from parapet, showing Federal Iron Class, taken by a Confederate ...

Photograph shows Federal Ironclads Weehawken, Montauk, and Passaic in combat, firing on Fort Sumter. No. 4383. This is the first known Civil War combat photo taken with the photographer actually under fire. (S... More

Charleston, South Carolina. Flag-raising ceremony at Fort Sumter. Awai...

Stereograph showing a crowd gathered on the ground and along the parapet for General Anderson's raising of the American flag that four years earlier the Confederates had compelled him to take down. Part of seri... More

Charleston, South Carolina. View of Fort Sumter from the sand bar

Public domain historical photo, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Sea face of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), shewing (i.e. showing) broken ...

Stereograph showing two men seated on rocks amidst the debris of the south western exterior of Fort Sumter. One man leans on a damaged cannon below the chevaux-de-frise. No. 346, part of series: War Views. Cop... More

Inside view, Fort Sumter, March 1865, looking S.E. across south wester...

Photograph shows gabions used as reinforcements in the damaged interior and parapet of Fort Sumter. Original neg. for this print: LC- Forms part of: Visual materials from the papers of O.M. Poe.

South angle of Fort Sumter after the war, Charleston, S.C.

Photograph shows the damage done to the fortifications on the southern exterior of the fort. The beacon light shown in the distance on the northeast side was erected after the war. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 20... More

Fort Johnson, James Island. Fort Sumter in distance

Photograph shows battery along the parapet of Fort Johnson on James Island. Fort Sumter in the distance in Charleston harbor. Original neg. for this print: LC-B811-3064. Forms part of: Visual materials from th... More

[Fort Sumter interior with flag staff]

Photograph shows a group of men, some in uniform standing beside a cannon beneath the shot off flag staff. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Osborn & Durbec's label on verso, with no. "7". For... More

Interior view of Fort Sumter in 1864 [i.e. 1863]

Hand written on verso: "In Miller's vol. I, p. 100". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Interior view of Fort Sumter in 1864 [i.e. 1863]

Hand written on verso: "In Miller's vol. I, p. 100". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Charleston, South Carolina. Samuel Cooley, photographer with his camer...

Public domain photograph of American Civil War era building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Charleston, S.C. Parapet of Fort Sumter looking toward Morris Island]

Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Charleston, S.C., 1863-1865.

Sea face of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), looking toward Morris Island

Stereograph showing four men amidst the debris of the outer wall of Fort Sumter as a result of the bombardment from August 17 to September 23, 1863. Also showing chevaux-de-frise for protection against assault.... More

[Charleston, S.C. Guns of Fort Johnson; Fort Sumter in distance]

Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Charleston, S.C., 1863-1865.

Inside view, Fort Sumter, Confederate States of America.

Photograph shows a beacon on the parapet and gabions used as reinforcements in the interior of Fort Sumter. Original neg. for this print: LC-B811-3055. Forms part of: Visual materials from the papers of O.M. Poe.

The Evacuation of Fort Sumter, April 1861

Edward Anthony (American, 1818–1888) The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and sal... More

Interior view of Fort Sumter, Charleston, S.C. taken by a Confederate ...

Photograph showing debris inside the fort. No. 4382. Date and photographer's name from 99 Historic Images of Civil War Charleston, ed. by Garry Adelman, John Richter, and Bob Zeller, Center for Civil War Photo... More

View of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), Charleston Harbor, S.C., taken fro...

Stereograph showing three men standing on the sandbar next to a boat with three men inside. The exterior of Fort Sumter is in the distance. No. 3133. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History.... More

Fort Sumter, Charleston, S.C. - Public domain image. Dry plate negativ...

Title from jacket. "WHJ 195" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 32502. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Charleston, South Carolina. Flag-raising ceremony at Fort Sumter. Arri...

Caption from negative sleeve: Charleston, S.C., Flag-raising ceremony, Ft. Sumter, April 14, 1865. Stereo filed in LOT 4166D. Annotation from negative, scratched on emulsion: copyright. Miller, vol. 9. p. 334. ... More

Charleston, S.C. Breach patched with gabions on the north wall of Fort...

Photograph of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Charleston, S.C., 1863-1865. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milho... More

Charleston, South Carolina. Interior view of Fort Sumter

Stereo filed in LOT 4166C. Two plates form left (LC-B811-3131B) and right (LC-B811-3131A) halves of a stereograph pair. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. Interior view of Fort Sumter

Caption from negative sleeve: Interior of Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor, S.C. Two plates form left (LC-B811-3459B) and right (LC-B811-3459A) halves of a stereograph pair. Corresponding print is in LOT 4166-C. ... More

Charleston, South Carolina. Beacon on parapet of Fort Sumter

Caption from negative sleeve: Fort Sumter, Interior view. Photographer's name attributed in Civil War caption books. Annotation from negative, scratched on emulsion: copyright. Beacon at Ft. Sumter. Two plates ... More

Charleston, S.C. Crowd inside Fort Sumter awaiting the flag-raising

Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Charleston, S.C., 1862-1863. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milh... More

Charleston, S.C. Beacon on parapet of Fort Sumter

Photograph of the Federal Navy and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Charleston, S.C., 1863-1865. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhol... More

[Fort Sumter, 1861.] Stereoscope card of Charleston SC.

Fort Sumter, 1861. Stereoscope card of Charleston SC.

Fort Sumter, 1865. Stereoscope card of Charleston SC.

Fort Sumter after the bombardment. 19th cenrury stereoscope card.

[Charleston, S.C. Flag-raising ceremony, with Brevet Maj. Gen. Robert ...

Stereograph showing a crowd gathered at Fort Sumter to celebrate the raising of the American flag by General Anderson four years after it had been hauled down by the Confederates. Part of series: The War for t... More

Fort Sumter, Charleston, Charleston County, SC

Significance: The defense of this fort by its Union garrison marked the beginning of the Civil War; the existing remains display interesting structural features. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More

Fort Sumter, Charleston, Charleston County, SC

Significance: The defense of this fort by its Union garrison marked the beginning of the Civil War; the existing remains display interesting structural features. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More

Fort Sumter, Charleston, Charleston County, SC

Significance: The defense of this fort by its Union garrison marked the beginning of the Civil War; the existing remains display interesting structural features. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More

Fort Sumter, Charleston, Charleston County, SC

Significance: The defense of this fort by its Union garrison marked the beginning of the Civil War; the existing remains display interesting structural features. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More

Fort Sumter, Charleston, Charleston County, SC

Significance: The defense of this fort by its Union garrison marked the beginning of the Civil War; the existing remains display interesting structural features. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More

Fort Sumter, Charleston, Charleston County, SC

Significance: The defense of this fort by its Union garrison marked the beginning of the Civil War; the existing remains display interesting structural features. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More

Fort Sumter, Charleston, Charleston County, SC

Significance: The defense of this fort by its Union garrison marked the beginning of the Civil War; the existing remains display interesting structural features. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More

Fort Sumter, Charleston, Charleston County, SC

Significance: The defense of this fort by its Union garrison marked the beginning of the Civil War; the existing remains display interesting structural features. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More

Fort Sumter, Charleston, Charleston County, SC

Significance: The defense of this fort by its Union garrison marked the beginning of the Civil War; the existing remains display interesting structural features. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More

Fort Sumter, Charleston, Charleston County, SC

Significance: The defense of this fort by its Union garrison marked the beginning of the Civil War; the existing remains display interesting structural features. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More

Fort Sumter, Charleston, Charleston County, SC

Significance: The defense of this fort by its Union garrison marked the beginning of the Civil War; the existing remains display interesting structural features. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More