Caption: 'Concert for the inmates of the Charity Hospital, Blackwell's Island.--drawn by C.E.H. Bonwill.--(see page 150.).' [full date February 14, 1874.]
Caption: 'Defences of Charleston--the Rebel iron-clads in Charleston Harbor.--from a sketch by A.P. Palmer, formerly of Company B, 21st Regiment (Confederate) S.C. Vol.--see page 317.' [full date February 7, 1863.]
Caption: 'Defences of Charleston--"Folly's Battery," near the lighthouse, Charleston Harbor. From a sketch by A.P. Palmer, Company B, 21st Regt., S.C. (Confederate) Vol.' [full date February 7, 1863.]
Caption: 'Defences of Charleston--the "Middle Ground" Battery, Charleston Harbor.--from a sketch by A.P. Palmer, formerly of the Confederate Army.' [full date February 7, 1863.]
[Color image]. Caption: 'The ship "Jacob A. Wetervelt" on fire in the harbor of New York, April 11, 1860.--[see preceding page.]' [full date April 21, 1860.]
Caption: 'Cook's Earthquake Views of Charleston and Vicinity. Taken after the 31st of August, 1886. No.115, Corner [of] Market and Anson Streets.' Sign on building reads: 'Ship & Family Groceries.' Written on front, at bottom: 'Charleston Earthquake view - cor. Market and Anson sts.'
Charleston Earthquake scene. Written on reverse: 'East Battery, just below Atlantic Street. Edmonston [sic] House, later the Charles Alston residence. Now (1947) the residence of J.J. Pringle Smith. Old Holmes house on left. Earthquake of 1886 - Charleston, S.C.'
Caption: '"The Grand Skedaddle" of the inhabitants from Charleston, S.C., when threatened by an attack from the Union troops.--from a sketch by Lieut. G.P. Kirby, 47th N.Y.V., when a prisoner in Charleston.--see page 270.' [full date January 17, 1863.]
Caption: 'Colonel William Wilson and his staff (Wilson's Fighting Brigade)--[see page 311].' Identified in image: Quartermaster Bradley, Lieutenant Colonel Creighton, Adjutant James J. Hearey, Paymaster Peter Duffy, Col. William Wilson, Surgeon D.C. Pease. [full date May 18, 1861.]
Caption: 'Firing on the "Star of the West" from the South Carolina battery on Morris Island, January 10, 1861.--[see page 54.]' [full date January 26, 1861]
Caption: 'Birds-eye view of the city of Charleston, South Carolina, showing the approaches of our gun-boats and our army.--[see page 431.]' [full date July 5, 1862.]
Caption: 'Captain Knapp's Battery engaging the Confederates at the Battle of Cedar Mountain, August 9th, 1862--this battery fired the first and last shot.'
Political cartoon, caption: 'The Commandments in South Carolina. "We've pretty well smashed that; but I suppose, Massa Moses, you can get another one."' [full date September 26, 1874]
Caption: 'Siege of Charleston--planting the chevaux de frise in front of Fort Wagner.--from a sketch by our Special Artist.' [full date September 26, 1863.]
Letter from George Weedon to Nathanael Greene regarding the British evacuation of ‘Charles Towne’ and the plans of Continental Army officers for the end of the war.
Caption: 'South Carolina.--The recent earthquakes at Charleston--typical scenes of the calamity. From sketches by C. Upham--see page 71. 1. Scene on the stairway of the Charleston Hotel during a shock. 2. Taking down St. Philip's Steeple. 3. Scene on Marion Square, opposite the Citadel--a city of tents.' [full date September 18, 1886.]
Caption: 'Enthusiastic crowd of citizens of Charleston, S.C., assembled on Vanderhost's (sic) Wharf, Feb. 20, to greet the second visit of Gen. Gillmore and staff.--sketched by our Special Artist.' [full date March 25, 1865.]
Caption: 'Cook's Earthquake Views of Charleston and Vicinity. Taken after the 31st of August, 1886. No.40, Bishop's house, Broad Street.' Handwritten at bottom, front: 'Charleston Earthquake scene - Bishop Northrup's Residence.' Charleston city directory for 1886 shows Bishop Henry P. Northrop at 114 Broad Street.
Caption: 'Cook's Earthquake Views of Charleston and Vicinity. Taken after the 31st of August, 1886. No.150, Mariner's Church, exterior." Also, handwritten at bottom of image: 'Charleston Earthquake scene - Mariners' Church, Church Street ? East Bay'
Charleston Earthquake Scene. Possibly from Cook's Earthquake Views, No.56, Alderman Murray's residence, Wentworth Street.' Charleston city directory for 1886 shows Andrew B. Murray at 175 Wentworth.
Charleston Earthquake scene. Written on front, at bottom: 'Charleston Earthquake scene - warehouse on Atlantic Wharf.' Charleston city directory for 1886 lists Atlantic Wharf at the rear of the Post Office.
Charleston Earthquake scene. Handwritten on reverse: '9 mile bottom - South Carolina railroad - chasm on left. Track was originally a tangent. Caused by earthquake, 1886. Track cut of line.'
Caption: 'Negroes escaping from Beaufort, S.C., with plunder from the abandoned residences of their masters, stopped by U.S. Gunboat Seneca.--from a sketch by our Special Artist with the Great Naval Expedition.--see page 70.'
