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![Bird's-eye view of the attack on the rebel batteries on and near the island number ten by Commodore Foote's flotila [March 1862]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjIvMDEvMDEvYmlyZHMtZXllLXZpZXctb2YtdGhlLWF0dGFjay1vbi10aGUtcmViZWwtYmF0dGVyaWVzLW9uLWFuZC1uZWFyLXRoZS1pc2xhbmQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/320/237/jpg "Bird's-eye view of the attack on the rebel batteries on and near the island number ten by Commodore Foote's flotila [March 1862]")
![[Documents, papers, materials and publications relating to the Northwest and the state of Illinois]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDMvMDEvMDEvZG9jdW1lbnRzLXBhcGVycy1tYXRlcmlhbHMtYW5kLXB1YmxpY2F0aW9ucy1yZWxhdGluZy10by10aGUtbm9ydGh3ZXN0LWFuZC10aGUtNTYtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/67/webp "[Documents, papers, materials and publications relating to the Northwest and the state of Illinois]")
![[Morris Island, South Carolina. Naval Battery. Two 8-inch Parrot Rifles. Breaching Battery against Fort Sumter]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjMvMDEvMDEvbW9ycmlzLWlzbGFuZC1zb3V0aC1jYXJvbGluYS1uYXZhbC1iYXR0ZXJ5LXR3by04LWluY2gtcGFycm90LXJpZmxlcy1icmVhY2hpbmctNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/25/webp "[Morris Island, South Carolina. Naval Battery. Two 8-inch Parrot Rifles. Breaching Battery against Fort Sumter]")
![[Charleston, South Carolina (vicinity). View of Battery Chatfield Morris Island with gun pointed at Fort Sumter (Fort Putnam and Battery Dahlgren in the distant background]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjQvMDEvMDEvY2hhcmxlc3Rvbi1zb3V0aC1jYXJvbGluYS12aWNpbml0eS12aWV3LW9mLWJhdHRlcnktY2hhdGZpZWxkLW1vcnJpcy1pc2xhbmQtMi02NDAuanBn/40/39/webp "[Charleston, South Carolina (vicinity). View of Battery Chatfield Morris Island with gun pointed at Fort Sumter (Fort Putnam and Battery Dahlgren in the distant background]")
![[Morris Island, South Carolina. Battery Hays. One 8-inch Parrot Rifle dismounted. Breaching battery against Fort Sumter]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjMvMDEvMDEvbW9ycmlzLWlzbGFuZC1zb3V0aC1jYXJvbGluYS1iYXR0ZXJ5LWhheXMtb25lLTgtaW5jaC1wYXJyb3QtcmlmbGUtZGlzbW91bnRlZC02NDAuanBn/40/25/webp "[Morris Island, South Carolina. Battery Hays. One 8-inch Parrot Rifle dismounted. Breaching battery against Fort Sumter]")
![[Marines during reenactment of Pickett's Charge at the battle of Gettysburg. Pennsylvania]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjIvMDEvMDEvbWFyaW5lcy1kdXJpbmctcmVlbmFjdG1lbnQtb2YtcGlja2V0dHMtY2hhcmdlLWF0LXRoZS1iYXR0bGUtb2YtZ2V0dHlzYnVyZy1wZW5uc3lsdmFuaWEtMi02NDAuanBn/40/31/webp "[Marines during reenactment of Pickett's Charge at the battle of Gettysburg. Pennsylvania]")
