The Citadel and the Southern Military Academy, Charleston, S.C., the remains of the concrete wall built in the time of the Revolution, and 600 pound Blakely Solid Shot in the foreground

Broad St., Charleston, S.C., looking East, with the ruins of the Roman Catholic Cathedral and St. Michael's church in the distance

Meeting St., Charleston, S.C., looking South, showing the ruins of Circular church and the Mills House, St. Michael's church in the distance

Meeting St., Charleston, S.C., looking South, showing the ruins of the Circular church and the Mills House, St. Michael's church in the distance

Meeting St., Charleston, S.C., looking South, showing the ruins of Circular church and the Mills House, St. Michael's church in the distance

View looking East from the corner of Meeting St. and Broad St., Charleston, S.C. City Hall in the foreground, now used as a Provost Guard House

View looking East from the corner of Meeting St. and Broad St., Charleston, S.C., City Hall in the foreground, now used as a Provost Guard House

Interior of the Roman Catholic Cathedral, St. John and St. Finbar, Broad Street, Charleston, S.C., destroyed by the great fire of 1861

Ruins of the North Eastern R. R. Depot, where so many lives were lost by explosion, Charleston, S.C.