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![[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/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjQvMDEvMDEvY2hhcmxlc3Rvbi1zb3V0aC1jYXJvbGluYS12aWNpbml0eS12aWV3LW9mLWJhdHRlcnktY2hhdGZpZWxkLW1vcnJpcy1pc2xhbmQtMS02NDAuanBn/40/32/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, S.C. Two 100-pdr. Parrott guns and stacks of shells inside Fort Putnam]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjUvMDEvMDEvbW9ycmlzLWlzbGFuZC1zYy10d28tMTAwLXBkci1wYXJyb3R0LWd1bnMtYW5kLXN0YWNrcy1vZi1zaGVsbHMtaW5zaWRlLWZvcnQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/39/webp "[Morris Island, S.C. Two 100-pdr. Parrott guns and stacks of shells inside Fort Putnam]")
![[Fort Brady, Virginia Battery of Parrott guns manned by Company C, 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjQvMDEvMDEvZm9ydC1icmFkeS12YS1iYXR0ZXJ5LW9mLXBhcnJvdHQtZ3Vucy1tYW5uZWQtYnktY29tcGFueS1jLTFzdC1jb25uZWN0aWN1dC1oZWF2eS0yLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/41/webp "[Fort Brady, Virginia Battery of Parrott guns manned by Company C, 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery]")
![[John B. Gallie gun, Fort McAllister, Georgia]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjQvMDEvMDEvam9obi1iLWdhbGxpZS1ndW4tZm9ydC1tY2FsbGlzdGVyLWdlb3JnaWEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/37/webp "[John B. Gallie gun, Fort McAllister, Georgia]")
![[Russian warships in harbor; in background smoke from a fire near Golden Hill started by Japanese bombardment, Port Arthur]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDMvcnVzc2lhbi13YXJzaGlwcy1pbi1oYXJib3ItaW4tYmFja2dyb3VuZC1zbW9rZS1mcm9tLWEtZmlyZS1uZWFyLWdvbGRlbi1oaWxsLWE3MTA5Ni02NDAuanBn/40/21/webp "[Russian warships in harbor; in background smoke from a fire near Golden Hill started by Japanese bombardment, Port Arthur]")
![[The tartget of Russian guns -- Japanese vessel wrecked on rocks below Golden Hill -- Port Arthur]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjYvdGhlLXRhcnRnZXQtb2YtcnVzc2lhbi1ndW5zLWphcGFuZXNlLXZlc3NlbC13cmVja2VkLW9uLXJvY2tzLWJlbG93LWdvbGRlbi1oaWxsLTY0NGYwZC02NDAuanBn/40/22/webp "[The tartget of Russian guns -- Japanese vessel wrecked on rocks below Golden Hill -- Port Arthur]")
![[Russia's fleet lying under great Golden Hill forts, being sunk by Japanese shells -- Port Arthur]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDMvcnVzc2lhcy1mbGVldC1seWluZy11bmRlci1ncmVhdC1nb2xkZW4taGlsbC1mb3J0cy1iZWluZy1zdW5rLWJ5LWphcGFuZXNlLXNoZWxscy1kZTk3MjctNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/22/webp "[Russia's fleet lying under great Golden Hill forts, being sunk by Japanese shells -- Port Arthur]")
![[Russian wounded at 203 Metre Hill (seen at w. with bursting Japanese shells) - Port Arthur]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDgvcnVzc2lhbi13b3VuZGVkLWF0LTIwMy1tZXRyZS1oaWxsLXNlZW4tYXQtdy13aXRoLWJ1cnN0aW5nLWphcGFuZXNlLXNoZWxscy1wb3J0LTk2MjY0NS02NDAuanBn/40/22/webp "[Russian wounded at 203 Metre Hill (seen at w. with bursting Japanese shells) - Port Arthur]")
