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File Details: AOXOm, 800 DPI, TIFF, Original Photograph, 11.3 Mb
| Credit: | by Osborn & Durbec |
|---|---|
| Date: | 1861.04.16 |
| Negative Size: | stereo |
| Equipment: | cannon; hot-shot furnace; rammer staff; Rodman gun; tompion |
| Locations & Lines: | Charleston Harbor; Charleston SC; Fort Sumter SC; South Carolina |
| Military Units: | CS Army; US Army |
| Persons: | Hamptom (Wade) |
| Sources: | Library of Congress |
Library of Congress says: Interior of Fort Sumter in April 1861 after its surrender by U.S. garrison.
Library of Congress also says: Photograph shows a group of men, possibly including Governor Francis Pickens and state Senator Wade Hampton, inspecting a 10 inch Columbiad inside of Fort Sumter after the bombardment.
Miller, Photographic History of the Civil War, Vol. 9, p41: Two days after the bombardment of Sumter, April 16, 1861. Wade Hampton (the tallest figure) and other leading South Carolinians inspecting the effects of the cannonading that had forced Major Anderson to evacuate, and had precipitated the mightiest conflict of modern times–two days before.