Collection: Charleston Museum Illustrated Newspapers Collection / Media Type: Images / Subject (Geographic): 3 selected / Subject (Topic): Batteries (Ordnance) - Lowcountry Digital Library Catalog Search Search Results

Date:: 1861
Description:: Caption: 'Bombardment of Fort Sumter, as sketched from Morris Island, Charleston Harbor, S.C.' Identified in image: Mortar Battery, Fort Johnson; James Island; City; Castle Pinckney; Fort Sumter; Mount Pleasant; Floating Battery; Mortar Battery; Fort Moultrie; Enfilading Battery; Iron Battery; Sand-bag cover for reserve; Traverse behind Trapier Battery and Magazine covered with sand bags.

Date:: 1863
Description:: [Color image.] Caption: 'Charleston and its environs. 1. Charleston and Savannah Railroad.-- 2. Ashley River.-- 3. Charleston.-- 4. Cooper River.-- 5. Wando River.-- 6. Castle Pinckney.-- 7. Fort Ripley.-- 8.Fort Johnson (James Island).-- 9. Stono River.--10.Fort Sumter.-- 11. Fort Moultrie.-- 12.Battery Gregg (Cumming's Point).-- 13.Fort Wagner.-- 14.General Gillmore's Advanced Batteries.-- 15.Captured Works (Morris's Island).-- 16. Light-house Inlet.-- 17.Union Battery (Folly Island).-- 18. Iron-clads and Wooden Ships.--19. Hotels.-- 20.Sullivan's island and Rebel Batteries.-- 21.Moultrieville.--22. Mt Pleasant.-- 23.Breach Inlet.-- 24. Shem Creek.-- 0,0.Rebel Batteries on James Island.' [full date July, 1863]

Description:: [Color image.] Caption (in French): 'Evenements des Etats-Unis: Charleston et ses fortifications. [Events of the United States: Charleston and its fortifications.] 1--Charleston. 2--Riviere Ashley [Ashley River]. 3--Chemin de fer de Savannah [Savannah Railway]. 4--Riviere Cooper [Cooper River]. 5--Riviere Wando [Wando River]. 6--Fort Pinkney [Castle Pinckney]. 7--Fort Ripley. 8--Fort Johnson (ile James) [James Island]. 9--Riviere Stone [Stono River]. 10--Fort Sumter. 11--Fort Moultrie. 12--Batterie Gregg (pointe de Gumming) [Battery Gregg (Cummings Point)]. 13--Fort Wagner. 14--Batteries rasantes du general Gilmore [grazed batteries of General Gilmore]. 15--Ouvrages pris par les federaux. [Works undertaken by the Federals]. 16--Phare Inlet [Lighthouse inlet]. 17--Batteries federales (ile Folly) [Federal Batteries (Folly Island)]. 18--Canonnieres et vaisseaux cuirasses [gunboats and ironclads]. 19--Hotel. 20--Ile et batteries Sullivan [Sullivan Island and Batteries]. 21--Moultrie. 22--Mont Pleasant [Mount Pleasant]. 23--Breach Inlet. 24--Shem Creek. 25--Batteries construite par les confederes sur l'ile James, dans le voisinage du fort Johnson [Batteries built by the Confederates on James Island, in the vicinity of Fort Johnson].

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