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Charleston, South Carolina (vicinity). Federal mortar battery with crew on Morris Island

Charleston, South Carolina (vicinity). Federal mortar battery with crew on Morris Island

Charleston, South Carolina (vicinity). Federal mortar battery with crew on Morris Island

Charleston, South Carolina (vicinity). Federal mortar battery on Morris Island

Charleston, South Carolina (vicinity). Federal mortar battery on Morris Island

Charleston, South Carolina (vicinity). Federal mortar battery on Morris Island

Charleston, South Carolina (vicinity). Federal mortar battery on Morris Island

Charleston, South Carolina (vicinity). Federal battery on Morris Island

Charleston, South Carolina (vicinity). Federal battery on Morris Island

Charleston, South Carolina (vicinity). Federal mortar battery with crew on Morris Island

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Caption from negative sleeve: Federal Mortars on Morris Island, [Fort Chatfield ?] Morris Island, S.C.

Photographer's name attributed in Civil War caption books.

Two plates form left (LC-B811-3514A) and right (LC-B811-3514B) halves of a stereograph pair.

Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

General information about Civil war photographs is available at loc.gov

Forms part of: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 (Library of Congress).

During the Civil War, photographers produced thousands of stereoviews. Stereographs were popular during American Civil War. A single glass plate negative capture both images using a Stereo camera. Prints from these negatives were intended to be looked at with a special viewer called a stereoscope, which created a three-dimensional ("3-D") image. This collection includes glass stereograph negatives, as well as stereograph card prints.

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history civil war glass negatives stereographs civil war glass negatives and related prints sam a samuel a cooley photo federal mortar battery south carolina morris island ultra high resolution high resolution american civil war stereoscopic views united states history civil war photos public domain library of congress
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Date

01/01/1865
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Civil War in Stereo

American Civil War Stereoscopic Views, 1861-1865
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united states
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Library of Congress
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https://www.loc.gov/
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No known restrictions on publication. For information, see "Civil war photographs, 1861-1865," http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/120_cwar.html

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history civil war glass negatives stereographs civil war glass negatives and related prints sam a samuel a cooley photo federal mortar battery south carolina morris island ultra high resolution high resolution american civil war stereoscopic views united states history civil war photos public domain library of congress