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.
Caption: 'Siege of Charleston--the magazine of Fort Moultrie exploded by a shell from the grounded monitor Weehawken, Sept. 8.--from a sketch by our own Special Artist, W.T. Crane.' [full date October 3, 1863.]
Caption: 'Siege of Charleston--the magazine of Fort Moultrie exploded by a shell from the grounded monitor Weehawken, Sept. 8.--from a sketch by our own Special Artist, W.T. Crane.' [full date October 3, 1863.]
Postcard of the interior of the Old Powder Magazine. Back of postcard reads: "The Old Powder Magazine, built about 1705, is a relic of continental days. It is now owned by the South Carolina Society of Colonial Dames and used as their Chapter Room and Museum."
Postcard of the exterior of the Old Powder Magazine. Back of postcard reads: "The oldest building in Charleston. It was erected about 1703 and used as a powder magazine until 1780. It has since been owned by private persons, until the Colonial Dames' Society purchased it recently to use as their headquarters."
Postcard of the exterior of the Old Powder Magazine. Back of postcard reads: "The Old Powder Magazine, located at 23 Cumberland Street was said to have been built about 1703. It was used during the Revolutionary War as a storehouse for powder and in recent years it has been used as a museum."
Postcard of the exterior of the Old Powder Magazine. Back of postcard reads: "Powder Magazine during Revolutionary War, Charleston, S.C. This building, a low one room structure, located on Colombus Street, stands as a memorial of Revolutionary fame. Here all the implements of warfare were stored."
Postcard of the exterior of the Old Powder Magazine. Back of postcard reads: "This building, a low one room structure, on Cumberland Street stands as a memorial of Revolutionary fame. Here, all the implements of warfare were stored."
