Collection: South Carolina and the Civil War

1. The burning of the Ursuline Convent - Columbia, South Carolina, by Sherman's Army

Creator:: Magrath, Selina E. Bollin
Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

2. Letter of surrender, 17 Feb. 1865, "Mayor's Office" (Columbia, S.C.) to Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman

Creator:: Goodwyn, Thomas Jefferson, 1800-1877
Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

3. Letter, 8 June 1866, Fort Motte (Calhoun County, S.C.), to Rev. Colin Campbell Murchison

Creator:: Goodwyn, Thomas Jefferson, 1800-1877
Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

4. Bound notebook, 1863-1865

Creator:: Bacot, Richard Hays, 1842-1915
Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

5. A ten-inch columbiad mounted as a mortar at Fort Sumter.

Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

6. The old flag again on Sumter -- raised (on a tempora by staff formed of an oar and a boathook) by Capt. H. M. Bragg, of Gen. Gillmore's staff, Feb. 18

Creator:: Crane, W. T.
Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

7. Views from Folly Island, Charleston Harbor

Creator:: Coleman, Charles C.
Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

8. Secession orators addressing the people outside of the city hall, Charleston, SC; The palmetto flag of Charleston, SC.

Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

9. Hon. Francis W. Pickens, Governor of South Carolina; Hon. Judge Magrath, Secretary of State of South Carolina; Rev. Dr. Bachman, who asked a blessing on the secession ordinance; The Charleston Zouaves.

Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

10. Brig.-Gen. John H. Morgan; Brig.-Gen. Judson Kilpatrick, U.S.A.; Battery at the ruins of Jamestown, James River; The Campbell House, headquarters of General Gillmore on Folly Island, Charleston Harbor, S.C., before the battle of Morris Island, July 10

Creator:: Coleman, Charles C.
Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

11. Sinking of the launch of the U.S. steamer Wabash, by a confederate blockade-runner, in Charleston Harbor.

Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

12. The present appearance of Charleston, S.C., showing the effects of the federal bombardment.

Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

13. Exterior view of Fort Moultrie, on Sullivan's Island; View of the ramparts of Fort Moultrie, Charleston Harbor, SC.

Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

14. The French Huguenot Churchyard, Church Street, Charleston, S.C.

Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

15. A group of Butternut prisoners, taken from Life.

Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

16. Views of the southwest pass of the Mississippi River.

Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

17. The new bakeries on Folly Island

Creator:: Crane, W. T.
Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

18. The siege of Charleston -- Johnsonville and rebel fortifications

Creator:: Davis, Theodore R.
Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

19. Hon. James Simons, brigadier general of the Fourth Brigade of S.C.M., and speaker of the S.C. House of Representatives

Creator:: Cook, George S.
Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

20. Cotton press near Flat Rock, S.C. destroyed by Sherman; The 13th Iowa regiment, of the 17th corps, raising the stars and stripes upon the state house at Columbia, S.C.

Creator:: Taylor, J. E.
Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

21. The rebels preparing for the union attack on Charleston -- the confederates building fortifications on James Island, under the direction of Gen. Beauregard, to repel the land attacks of the union troops

Creator:: Palmer, A.P.
Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

22. The war in South Carolina -- Encampment of Gen. Stevens's division, looking east, on James Island, opposite the city of Charleston.

Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

23. Birds-eye view of the city of Charleston, South Carolina, showing the approaches of our gun-boats and our army

Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

24. The advance upon Charleston -- entrance to the Stono River, S.C.; Pioneer Movement -- Landing of the 100th N.Y. Vols. upon Cole's Island, March 28

Creator:: Coleman, Charles C.
Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

25. The siege of Charleston -- ""Segar Steamer"" which propelled the rebel torpedo; Attempt to blow up the ""Ironsides"" by a rebel torpedo.

Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

26. South Carolina -- The wrecks of the Great Rebellion in the bay of Charleston -- Divers examining the bottom of the harbor.

Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

27. The war in South Carolina -- The rebel rams from Charleston Harbor attacking the federal blockading squadron; The anglo-confederate prize steamer Princess Royal, captured off Charleston; Terrifying effects of a shell from the rebel ram, bursting on board the U.S. gunboat Keystone State.

Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

28. Map of Hilton Head Island, showing its topography and the various works captured from the rebels, with the new ones erected by the U.S. forces.

Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

29. Fourteenth and Twentieth corps crossing the Savannah at sister's ferry; The twentieth corps entering Blackville, S.C.; Hanging Rock, S.C.; Old gold mine near Cliburne's store, S.C.; The fourteenth corps crossing the Catawba at Rocky Hill, South Carolina; The twentieth corps entering Chesterfield, S.C.

Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

30. Plan of Columbia, S.C.; Bombardment of Fort Anderson.

Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

31. Interior of the U.S. hospital, Hilton Head, S.C.

Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

32. Shelling a blockade-runner aground off Sullivan's Island.

Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

33. The siege of Charleston -- evacuation of Morris Island by the rebels on the night of September 6, 1863; The seige of Charleston--charge of the Twenty-Fourth Massachusetts Regiment upon the rebel rifle-pits

Creator:: Davis, Theodore R.
Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

34. The Confederate States Privateer Savannah, letter of marque No. 1, captured off Charleston, by the U.S. Brig Perry, Lieut. E. G. Parrott

Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

35. The battery or park promenade at Charleston, South Carolina, during the bombardment of Fort Sumter.

Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

36. The interior of Fort Sumter during the bombardment.

Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

37. Advance of Sherman's right wing -- 17th army corps crossing the Saluda River, S.C., on the 17th Feb.; Rebel ordinance captured at Cheraw, S.C., on the evening of the 3d March, by the 17th corps, which occupied the town on that day.

Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

38. Bombardment of Fort Sumter by the batteries of the Confederate States.

Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

39. The anglo-rebel steamer Anglia, captured off Bull's Bay, 25 miles north of Charleston by the U.S. gunboats Restless and Flag, Sunday, October 19, and now lying at Brooklyn Navy Yard; The rebel steamer Govenor Milton, captured by the U.S. Flotilla in St. John's River in Florida; The U.S. gunboat Marblehead engaging Forts Sumter and Moultrie, Charleston Harbor

Creator:: West, Harry
Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

40. Union army occupying Bennettsville, S.C., March 6; Charlotte and Columbia (S.C.) railroad depot, destroyed by the rebels.

Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

41. Landing of General Potter's and Admiral Dahlgren's troops at Bull's Bay, S.C.; The rebel General Ewell's head-quarters, four miles from Charleston

Creator:: Everding, John and Langdon, Loomis L.
Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

42. Logan's corps crossing the Saluda River above Columbia, South Carolina.

Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

43. Interior of Fort Moultrie, in Charleston Harbor, S.C., now in possesion of the authorities of South Carolina -- The secession flag flying.

Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

44. Siege of Charleston -- views of Sullivan's Island, as seen from Morris Island; Remains of blockade runners; Rebel camp on Sullivan's Island; Rebel battery on Sullivan's Island; Examining passes on the beach; Fort Moultrie as seen from Morris Island

Creator:: Crane, W.T.
Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

45. Evacuation of Fort Moultrie; The steamship star of the west.

Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

46. General Kilpatrick recapturing his head-quarters, March 10, 1865; Foragers "starting out" in the morning; Foragers returning to the camp at night

Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

47. The Washington Artillery of Charleston, S.C.

Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

48. New Year's Day at Port Royal -- Successful attack of a detachment of the national forces under Brig.-Gen. Stevens, supported by four gunboats of the fleet, on the rebel fortifications at and near Port Royal Ferry.

Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

49. Sinking of a blockade bunner off Charleston.

Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

50. The siege of Charleston -- Scene of the desperate assault upon Wagner, July 18, 1863 -- A shell from Fort Johnson

Creator:: Davis, Theodore R.
Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

51. Columbia, S.C. -- sketched from 17th Corps front, near Camp Sorghum and Columbia, S.C.; Columbia. S.C. -- portion of the burnt district -- sketched the morning after the fire

Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

52. Siege of Charleston -- The "Swamp Angel" opening on Charleston

Creator:: Crane, W. T.
Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

53. The rifled cannon which did so much execution on Fort Sumter, Charleston, South Carolina.

Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

54. View in Orangeburg, S.C., Captured by Sherman's right wing, Feb. 11.

Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

55. The southern steamship Columbia, Captain Berry, on shore in Maffit's Bay, in the harbor of Charleston, S.C.; The floating battery, now erecting in the harbor of Charleston by the authorities of South Carolina, designed to capture Fort Sumpter.

Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

56. The first Confederate cabinet.

Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

57. Fort Moultrie, as seen from Fort Sumter; Morris Island, as seen from Fort Sumter; Fort Johnson, as seen from Fort Sumter.

Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

58. Siege of Charleston -- 1. Bombardment of Fort Moultrie and the batteries Bee and Beauregard, by the monitors and ironsides, Sept. 7th and 8th. 2. Interior of Battery Gregg, looking towards Wagner

Creator:: Crane, W. T.
Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

59. The war in South Carolina -- view of the fortifications erected at Hilton Head; The new government for "contrabands" erected at Hilton Head

Creator:: Crane, W. T.
Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

60. The press dinner on Thanksgiving Day, at Masonic Hall, Folly Island, Charleston Harbor, S.C.

Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

61. Middle-ground battery; The Charleston Iron-Clad fleet; Folley's Battery near the light-house at Charleston, South Carolina; Our blockading fleet off North Channel, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina.

Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

62. Sketches of Fort Moultrie.

Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

63. The southern expedition -- View from the interior of Fort Welles, Late Fort Walker, Hilton Head Island; Graves of the officers and men of the national forces killed on the 7th November, during the bombardment of the forts of Port Royal.

Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

64. The dreamer at Moultrie--1776-1861

Creator:: Nevin, M.
Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

65. Siege of Charleston -- The doomed city fired by Gillmore's explosive shells from Fort Putnam, January 3d, 1864.

Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

66. The steamship Marion, on her way to New York with the wives and children of the soldiers in Fort Sumpter -- Manning the ramparts and cheering of the men as steamer passes the fort -- The parting salute from Fort Sumpter.

Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

67. Plan of the harbor of Charleston, SC, showing the relative position of the several fortresses.

Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

68. Review of the volunteer troops in Fort Moultrie, on Sullivan's Island, Charleston Harbor, S.C., in the presence of Mrs. Pickens and Miss Pickens, the wife and daughter of the governor of S.C.

Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

69. Entry of Major Anderson's command into Fort Sumter on Christmas night, 1860; Occupation of Castle Pinckney by the Charleston Militia, December 26, 1860

Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

70. The siege of Charleston -- shot and shell piled in front of General Gilmore's tent; The covered way leading to the Black Island batteries

Creator:: Davis, Theodore R.
Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

71. D.F. Jamieson [Jamison], President of the South Carolina Convention, and Minister of War

Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

72. Portraits of prominent politicians whose names are likely to come before the Charleston convention as presidential candidates.

Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

73. The Iron-Clad "Catskill" sinking a blockade runner under Sumter's guns; Union sharp-shooters in front of Fort Wagner, Charleston, S.C.; Exchange of prisoners under a flag of truce, Charleston Harbor; Bombardment of Fort Wagner, Charleston, South Carolina.

Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

74. Charleston -- Views of Battery Gregg and Fort Wagner after the evacuation -- dead negro covering a rebel torpedo; War in South Carolina -- splendid dash of the 24th Massachusetts on the rebel riflepits in front of Fort Wagner, Aug. 26

Creator:: Crane, W. T.
Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

75. Siege of Charleston -- Capt. Joseph Walker, 1st N.Y. Engineers, removing pike frieze in the counterscarp of Fort Wagner before the evacuation

Creator:: Crane, W. T.
Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

76. The siege of Charleston -- Ordinance depot, Morris Island, S.C.

Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

77. Appearance of the prison pen at Columbia, S.C., on the arrival of Sherman's army.

Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

78. Great naval expedition -- Bombardment and capture of Forts Walker and Beauregard, commanding the entrance to Port Royal Harbor, S.C. on November 7.

Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

79. Great naval expedition -- The landing of the U.S. troops at Fort Walker, Port Royal Harbor, S.C., after its evacuation by the rebel forces on the afternoon of November 7.

Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

80. Map of Port Royal Beaufort and vicinity, with a plan of the southern atlantic coast from Bull's Bay, South Carolina to Brunswick.

Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

81. The floating battery at Charleston, S.C., intended to assist in the capture of Fort Sumpter, with Dr. Vega's hospital attached.

Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

82. Bombardment of Charleston, S.C. -- Dilapidated condition of St. Philip's episcopal church.

Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

83. "Marching On!" -- The fifty-fifth Massachusetts colored regiment singing John Brown's March in the streets of Charleston.

Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

84. The siege of Charleston -- soldiers exploding torpedoes by throwing pieces of shell on them from the saps; Explosion of the magazine at Fort Moultrie

Creator:: Davis, Theodore R.
Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

85. Secesh Lady of South Carolina.

Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

86. "The Grand Skedaddle" of the inhabitants from Charleston, S.C., when threatened by an attack from the Union troops

Creator:: Kirby, G.B.
Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

87. Charge of Weaver's brigade across the Salkehatchie, South Carolina.

Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

88. Interior view of the office of Adams' Express Company, in Charleston, S.C.

Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

89. Fort Wagner from the channel; general view of Morris Island, harbor of Charleston, South Carolina.

Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

90. Fort Moultrie in Charleston Harbor, S.C.; The secession flag flying

Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

91. General Sherman's entry into Columbia, South Carolina.

Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

92. Lieutenant Hall, bearing a flag of truce from Major Anderson in Fort Sumpter to Governor Pickens, immediately after the firing upon the Star of the West, passing the Charleston ""Mercury"".

Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

93. The great naval expedition -- View of the interior of Fort Beauregard (Now Fort Seward) on Bay Point, opposite Fort Walker (Now Fort Welles).

Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

94. Fort Sumter-- the casemates hoisting a gun; The Salley Port; Interior of Fort Sumter, from the parapet; Gorge of Fort Sumter--Salley Port

Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

95. Panoramic view of Charleston Harbor -- Advance of iron-clads to the attack, April 7; Night after the fight -- The iron clads at anchor off Fort Sumter.

Creator:: Crane, W. T.
Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

96. The siege of Charleston -- sailors on Morris Island filling sandbags for the spar deck of the steam frigate Ironsides

Creator:: Crane, W. T.
Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

97. The siege of Charleston -- The attempt to blow up the ironsides, Capt. Rowan, with a torpedo, Oct. 5.

Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

98. Siege of Charleston -- Night attack of the U.S. troops on Fort Wagner, July 18.

Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

99. Port Royal expedition -- scene in the military market at Beaufort, S.C.

Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

100. Fort Sumpter, Charleson Harbor, in possession of Major Anderson; Castle Pinckney, Charleston Harbor, in possession of the South Carolina troops.

Collection:: South Carolina and the Civil War
Institution:: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library

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