A newspaper article on the 1886 earthquake in Charleston. Several buildings are shown damaged, including St. Michael's Church, St. Philip's Church steeple, and Hibernian Hall. A street scene during the earthquake shows African Americans praying in the streets with several buildings on fire in the background.
Various illustrations of forts during the Civil War in Charleston. Captions of illustration, top row, left to right: 'View of terre-plein of the gorge of Fort Sumter', 'Parade of Fort Moultrie', 'North Western Angle of Fort Moultrie.' Captions of illustrations, middle row, left to right: 'View of terre-plein and parapet of eastern flank of Fort Sumter,' 'Barracks on north face of parade, Fort Moultrie,' 'South-western angle of Fort Moultrie.' Captions of illustrations, bottom row, left to right: 'Officers quarters, eastern portion of parade, Fort Moultrie', Western barracks, Fort Moultrie,' 'Channel face and south-western angle of the ramparts of Fort Moultrie.'
An engraving of the Fifty Fifth Massachusetts Regiment parading through Charleston in 1865. A white solider on horse back rides alongside them as a crowd cheers on. In the background are the ruins of Charleston.
An engraving depicting the Virgin Mary with the Child Jesus, both holding olive branches. They are depicted with two men, and a child or angel holding a message in Latin.
Illustrations from a book chapter about the causes of the Civil War. The first illustration is captioned 'Reception at Charleston, S.C., of the news of the election of Lincoln and Hamlin, November, 1860.' On the verso, the top page illustration is a portrait of Jefferson Davis. The bottom illustrations are the Palmetto Flag of South Carolina and the 'Stars and Bars', the first official flag of the Confederacy.
An untitled engraving of a hilly landscape with a figure in the foreground pointing towards the background. The bottom right corner says "C. Lewis." The bottom left says "1 Part 3rd."
A newspaper sketch of a Mississippi tow boat on a river. There is a steamboat behind the tow boat. On the banks of the river is a man on a covered wooden boat.
