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Ruins of Secession Hall, Charleston, S.C.

Stereograph showing the ruins of Secession Hall, right, and Circular Church, left. In the near distance, is St. Phillip's Church. A man is sitting on a brick wall. No. 6077. Part of series: The War for the Uni... More

Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. Interior view of Fort Sumter

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East face of Fort Sumter from top of palmetto fortification, Charlesto...

Photograph shows the damaged brick facade on the east face of Fort Sumter after the bombardment.

[Charleston Harbor, S.C. Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgren (fifth from lef...

Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- the Federal Navy, 1861-1865.

Josiah Smith House, 7 Meeting Street, Charleston, Charleston County, S...

Survey number: HABS SC-225 Public domain photograph of a house, residential property, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Josiah Smith House, 7 Meeting Street, Charleston, Charleston County, S...

Survey number: HABS SC-225 Public domain photograph of neoclassical architecture building, element, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

View of Charleston S.C. from Fort Wagner, Morris Isla

Flag view across harbor, toward city and waterfront. Confederate flags flying over docks, and fortress at right. Title inscribed below image. Transfer, Map Division.

Charleston Hotel - stereocsopic card

Photograph shows a street view of the Charleston Hotel on Meeting Street with its Classic Revival portico.

Market Hall, 188 Meeting Street, Charleston, Charleston County, SC

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Plantation no. 12 Rockville Plantation, near Charleston, SC.

Photograph shows Old Bacchus fishing from the bridge at the Planter's summer residence while three children look on.

98 Broad Street, Charleston, Charleston County, SC

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Winfield Scott to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, March 12, 1861 (Report on...

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Winfield Scott to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, March 12, 1861 (Report on...

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Winfield Scott to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, March 12, 1861 (Report on...

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Paul Hamilton House (Ruins), Russell Creek, Edisto Island, Charleston ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-9 Survey number: HABS SC-1 Building/structure dates: 17t1 Initial Construction

William Seabrook House, County Road 768, Edisto Island, Charleston Cou...

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William Seabrook House, County Road 768, Edisto Island, Charleston Cou...

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Porcher-Simonds House, 29 East Battery Street, Charleston, Charleston ...

Survey number: HABS SC-681 Public domain photograph of a house, residential property, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Salmon P. Chase, Friday, March 29, 1861 (Notes from cabinet meeting o...

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Ruins of Secession Hall, Charleston, S.C.

Stereograph showing the ruins of Secession Hall, right, and Circular Church, left. In the near distance, is St. Phillip's Church. A man is sitting on a brick wall. No. 6077. Part of series: The War for the Uni... More

Jews synagogue in Charleston - Drawing. Public domain image.

Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory, no. 96. (DLC/PP-1995:140.96). Forms part of: John Rubens Smith Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "From Haven to Home : A Library of Congress Exhibition Marking 350... More

Lynch House, U.S. Routes 17 & 701, McClellanville, Charleston County, ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-16 Survey number: HABS SC-10 Building/structure dates: 1730 Initial Construction

Lynch House, U.S. Routes 17 & 701, McClellanville, Charleston County, ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-16 Survey number: HABS SC-10 Building/structure dates: 1730 Initial Construction

Lynch House, U.S. Routes 17 & 701, McClellanville, Charleston County, ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-16 Survey number: HABS SC-10 Building/structure dates: 1730 Initial Construction

Lynch House, U.S. Routes 17 & 701, McClellanville, Charleston County, ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-16 Survey number: HABS SC-10 Building/structure dates: 1730 Initial Construction

John Falls Walker House, 344 East Bay Street, Charleston, Charleston C...

Significance: This house was probably built soon after 1832, with an addition dating before 1849; it maintains little changed interiors. Survey number: HABS SC-262 Building/structure dates: ca. 1832 Initial C... More

View from the parapet of Fort Moultrie, Charleston Harbor (i.e. Sulliv...

Stereograph showing a cannon inside the battery of Fort Moultrie on Sullivan's Island near Charleston, South Carolina. No. 3123, part of series: War Views. Printed on card: E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., 591 (i.e. 5... More

George Robertson House, 1 Meeting Street, Charleston, Charleston Count...

Survey number: HABS SC-521 Public domain photograph - historical image of South Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Interior Sumter the day after Gen. Anderson left, April 1861

Photograph shows a crew clearing away debris in front of the sally-port after the battle at Fort Sumter. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Photographers identified and photo reproduced in Shado... More

Nathaniel Ingrahm House, 2 Water Street, Charleston, Charleston County...

Survey number: HABS SC-682 Public domain photograph - historical image of South Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gaillard-Bennett House, 60 Montague Street, Charleston, Charleston Cou...

Survey number: HABS SC-516 Public domain photograph - historical image of South Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

William Washington House, 8 South Battery Street, Charleston, Charlest...

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Palmetto fortifications on the channel side of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumt...

Stereograph showing war damaged brick walls and timber reinforcements on exterior of Fort Sumter. No. 336, part of series: War Views. Attributed to George N. Barnard, based on LOT 13461, no. 34. Copyright 1865... More

Charleston County Jail, 21 Magazine Street, Charleston, Charleston Cou...

Significance: Built in 1802, the Charleston District Jail was the result of a state effort to erect a modern structure that incorporated recent reforms in the national criminal code. The Robert Mills addition t... More

Charleston County Jail, 21 Magazine Street, Charleston, Charleston Cou...

Significance: Built in 1802, the Charleston District Jail was the result of a state effort to erect a modern structure that incorporated recent reforms in the national criminal code. The Robert Mills addition t... More

Clara Barton Papers: Red Cross File, 1863-1957; American National Red ...

Clara Barton is best known for founding and leading the American National Red Cross, a humanitarian organization dedicated to providing emergency assistance, disaster relief, and education in the United States.... More

Clara Barton Papers: Red Cross File, 1863-1957; American National Red ...

Clara Barton is best known for founding and leading the American National Red Cross, a humanitarian organization dedicated to providing emergency assistance, disaster relief, and education in the United States.... More

Clara Barton Papers: Red Cross File, 1863-1957; American National Red ...

Clara Barton is best known for founding and leading the American National Red Cross, a humanitarian organization dedicated to providing emergency assistance, disaster relief, and education in the United States.... More

Clara Barton Papers: Red Cross File, 1863-1957; American National Red ...

Clara Barton is best known for founding and leading the American National Red Cross, a humanitarian organization dedicated to providing emergency assistance, disaster relief, and education in the United States.... More

Thomas Heyward, Jr. House, 87 Church Street, Charleston, Charleston Co...

Survey number: HABS SC-64 Building/structure dates: 1750 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000576

William Saunders oral history interview conducted by Kieran Walsh Tayl...

Summary: William Saunders remembers his childhood on Johns Island, South Carolina, and working with Esau Jenkins, a local civil rights leader. He recalls serving in the army during the Korean War, attending the... More

William Saunders oral history interview conducted by Kieran Walsh Tayl...

Summary: William Saunders remembers his childhood on Johns Island, South Carolina, and working with Esau Jenkins, a local civil rights leader. He recalls serving in the army during the Korean War, attending the... More

William Saunders oral history interview conducted by Kieran Walsh Tayl...

Summary: William Saunders remembers his childhood on Johns Island, South Carolina, and working with Esau Jenkins, a local civil rights leader. He recalls serving in the army during the Korean War, attending the... More

William Saunders oral history interview conducted by Kieran Walsh Tayl...

Summary: William Saunders remembers his childhood on Johns Island, South Carolina, and working with Esau Jenkins, a local civil rights leader. He recalls serving in the army during the Korean War, attending the... More

Prominent features of a northern tour. Written from a brief diary, kep...

Shoemaker 10021 Also available in digital form.

Prominent features of a northern tour. Written from a brief diary, kep...

Shoemaker 10021 Also available in digital form.

Prominent features of a northern tour. Written from a brief diary, kep...

Shoemaker 10021 Also available in digital form.

Prominent features of a northern tour. Written from a brief diary, kep...

Shoemaker 10021 Also available in digital form.

Prominent features of a northern tour. Written from a brief diary, kep...

Shoemaker 10021 Also available in digital form.

Sea face of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter)

Stereograph showing ruins of artillery among the rocks on the exterior of Fort Sumter. No. 348, part of series: War Views. Copyright 1865 by John P. Soule. Attributed to George N. Barnard, based on LC-B811-305... More

The opinion of the Hon. William Johnson, delivered on the 7th August, ...

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The opinion of the Hon. William Johnson, delivered on the 7th August, ...

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Prominent features of a northern tour. Written from a brief diary, kep...

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William Enston Home, Memorial Hall, 900 King Street, Charleston, Charl...

Significance: By 1882 it had been decided to reserve ground at the center of the site for a memorial to Home founder William Enston. The earliest plans called simply for a statue, but in 1888 the city of Charle... More

William Enston Home, Memorial Hall, 900 King Street, Charleston, Charl...

Significance: By 1882 it had been decided to reserve ground at the center of the site for a memorial to Home founder William Enston. The earliest plans called simply for a statue, but in 1888 the city of Charle... More

South Battery, Charleston, Charleston County, SC

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Louis De Saussure House, 1 East Battery, Charleston, Charleston County...

Survey number: HABS SC-98 Building/structure dates: 1850 Initial Construction

Dr. David Ramsay House, 92 Broad Street, Charleston, Charleston County...

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City Plan of Charleston, Charleston, Charleston County, SC

Survey number: HABS SC-689 Public domain photograph - historical image of South Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Charles H. Drayton House, 25 East Battery Street, Charleston, Charlest...

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Charles H. Drayton House, 25 East Battery Street, Charleston, Charlest...

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Negro plot : an account of the late intended insurrection among a port...

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Negro plot : an account of the late intended insurrection among a port...

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Negro plot : an account of the late intended insurrection among a port...

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Negro plot : an account of the late intended insurrection among a port...

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Old Jewish Orphanage, 88 Broad Street, Charleston, Charleston County, ...

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Old Jewish Orphanage, 88 Broad Street, Charleston, Charleston County, ...

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Old Jewish Orphanage, 88 Broad Street, Charleston, Charleston County, ...

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Reflections, occasioned by the late disturbances in Charleston /

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Reflections, occasioned by the late disturbances in Charleston /

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Exterior view of Fort Sumter, S.C.

Stereograph showing war damaged brick walls and timber reinforcements on the exterior of Fort Sumter. No. 6056. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865. Attributed to George ... More

Plan de la barre et du havre de Charles-Town d'après un plan anglois l...

Scale ca. 1:45,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Shows points of defense. Oriented with north to the right. "No. 2." "No. 1 et 2. Ensemble." Includes sailing "Instruction."... More

Sketch of the harbour of Charles Town

Scale ca. 1:166,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Has watermark. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Depths shown by soundings. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1550 Available also through the Library o... More

In the Society of the Cincinnati, established in the State of South-Ca...

Imprint 3.; Not in Evans. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 172, Folder 10.

William Blacklock House, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina

Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: ca. 1800. Related name: E.H. Jantz. Built by Wm. Blacklock. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11840-10(A)12. Credit line: Carnegie Survey of the... More

[Charleston, S. C. Hibernian Society membership certificate] / G. Thre...

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Charleston Mercury, August 23, 1827

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Charleston. Historic map, Library of Congress

Shows land ownership, lands of the William Bingham estate, acreages, and lot dimensions in Charleston Township, Tioga County, Pa. Title on label affixed to verso: Charleston. From the William Bingham estate map... More

I'm off for Charleston. Andrews, Printer, 38 Chatham Street, N. Y

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Brig. General Truman Seymour, Capt. At Fort Sumter, 1861

A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Exterior view of the gorge of Fort Sumter on the 14th April 1861 after...

Copy photograph shows a photo of a group of men in front of the damaged walls of Fort Sumter near the gorge. Mounted with two other photographs. Photograph is possibly half of a stereograph pair. Letter "B" is... More

Jesse White to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, April 01, 1861 (Reinforcement...

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James Peocap to Abraham Lincoln, Sunday, April 07, 1861 (Proposal for...

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Fort Sumter Historic map, Library of Congress

Title from panel. Bird's-eye view of Fort Sumter in 1861. "*GPO: 2001--472-470/00408. Reprint 2001." Includes descriptive index, text, ill., and map of Fort Sumter National Monument. Text, col. ill., and map of... More

To the people of Western Virginia. The Army of the Confederate states ...

On verso : 600023 s11 40 Rare Bk Rm Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 187, Folder 18a.

Fortifications around Charleston, H.B. ... / during American Civil War

New map of Charleston Harbor, showing the scene of the great naval con...

Scale not given. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 376 Shows the coast from Long Island to the North Edisto River. Indicates drainage, roads, railroads, and dwellings with names of inhabitants. Channels, water depth... More

General orders no. 39. - Public domain broadside, Library of Congress

Signed: John A. Dahlgren, Rear Admiral, Commanding South Atlantic Blockading Squadron. Printed within a black border on ruled paper.

Edwin M. Stanton to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, March 25, 1865 (Telegr...

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Abraham Lincoln to Edwin M. Stanton, Tuesday, March 28, 1865 (Fort Su...

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The Citadel and the Southern Military Academy, Charleston, S.C., the r...

Stereograph showing a view of Marion Square with a piece of an original fortification and a stack of cannon balls in the foreground. No. 3113. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyr... More

Charleston, S.C. - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Title from jacket. Probably East Battery. "D-5" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 31042. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Map of the property of the Charlestown Mining, Manufacturing and Impro...

Shows buildings, property lines and names of some residents. Oriented with north toward the upper left. Includes ill. of selected buildings. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

East Battery, Charleston, S.C. - Public domain image. Dry plate negati...

Title devised by cataloger; based on negative D4-500317. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 031005. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Meeting Street and St. Michael's Church, Charleston, S.C.

Title from jacket. "G 7887" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 500312. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Magnolia-on-the-Ashley (i.e. Magnolia Gardens), cabin homes of the Ne...

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Avenue of oaks, Magnolia-on-the-Ashley i.e. Magnolia Gardens, Charlest...

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J Supplement (1901-1906). "WHJ 182" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 013435. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Magnolia-on-the-Ashley (i.e. Magnolia Gardens), upper end of the lake,...

Title from jacket. "G 7922" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 500327. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

The President, Mrs. Roosevelt and party reviewing the parade before th...

H 17908 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph related to President Theodore Roosevelt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Under the oaks, Magnolia-on-the-Ashley, Charleston, S.C

Corresponding glass transparency (with same series code) available on videodisc frame 1A-30886. "G 4125" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 070101. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.