Caption: 'General McGowan addressing the Abbeville Volunteers in front of the Charleston Hotel--from a sketch by our Special Artist now in Charleston.' [full date February 23, 1861.]
Caption: 'No.610--Ruins of Circular Church and Secession Hall.' Handwritten on reverse: 'A.A. Campbell, Charleston, S.C. March 5.1868.' This is a stereograph image which measures 3 1/2" X 7".
[Color image]. Caption: 'The South Carolina Institute, at Charleston, South Carolina, in which the Democratic Convention will meet.--[see preceding page.]' [full date April 21, 1860.]
Caption: 'The Charleston Convention--interior of Douglas's headquarters, Hibernia (sic) Hall, Charleston, S.C.--from a sketch by our special artist.--see page 360.' [May 5, 1860.]
Caption: 'The Charleston Convention--view of the South Carolina Institute building, in Meeting Street, Charleston, S.C., where the Democratic Convention will hold its meeting during the present month of April.--from a sketch by our Special Artist.--see page 804.' [full date April 14, 1860.]
Caption: 'No.5. South Carolina Institute Hall--Charleston, S.C. This spacious and elegant Hall was situated on the east side of Meeting Street, between Queen and Cumberland Streets. It was begun in March, 1853, and finished in December, 1854. This Hall obtained great celebrity, especially in a national point of view. Being the most commodious Hall in the city, accommodating some twenty-five hundred persons on the main floor and gallery, it was selected as the place of meeting of the Democratic National Convention, which assembled in Charleston on Tuesday, the 24th of April, 1860...' This is a stereograph image which measures 3 1/2" X 7".
