The first 300 pound Parrott gun. The gun is named Col. Brayton. It throws its shell into Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter)

Fort Gregg, Morris Island, S.C. This is a mortar battery, and this view shows the detachments at the mortars, ready to "load."

"Cracker Castle," built by an army contractor who furnished the Army crackers

Group taken at Blythwood Plantation, Ladies Is. [i.e. Island], opposite Beaufort, S.C.