Fort Sumpter [i.e. Sumter], Charleston Harbor

View of Fort Sumpter [i.e. Sumter], Charleston Harbor, S.C., taken from the sand bar

Charleston Harbor, east face of Fort Sumter

Charleston Harbor, interior of Fort Sumter

Charleston Harbor, east face of Fort Sumter

Fort Sumpter [i.e. Sumter], east face from top of Palmetto fortifications

Fort Sumpter [i.e. Sumter], sea face looking north

Charleston Harbor, Fort Sumter celebration

Ruins of Cathedral St. John & St. Finibar [i.e. Finbar], Charleston

Ruins of Cathedrals St. John & St. Finabar [i.e. Finbar], Charleston

Ruins of Circular Church & Secession Hall

Ruins of Circular Church and Secession Hall

Fort Sumter, Charleston side

Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor

Vulcan Iron Works, Charleston

Vulcan Iron Works, Charleston

Southern Military Academy, relic of revolutionary fortification surrounded by 600 lb. solid shot

Ruins of Cathedral St. John & St. Finibar [i.e. Finbar], Charleston

Group of relics in Charleston arsenal yard

The 30 lb. Rifled Parrott guns that shelled Charleston from Morris Island

The 30 lb. Rifled Parrott guns that shelled Charleston from Morris Island, Charleston Harbor

The 30-pounder Parrot rifled guns which shelled Charleston from Morris Island, Charleston Harbor

The old Post Office & only Palmetto tree in Charleston

The Old Post Office & the only remaining palmetto in Charleston

View of Sumter 1865

Interior of Sumter, 1864(i.e. 1863) - furnace, officer's barracks, half ruined walls and dismounted cannon

Interior of Sumter, 1864(i.e. 1863) - soldeir's (i.e. soldier's) barracks in ruins

Interior of Sumter, 1864(i.e. 1863) - ruined casements, making sand baggs (i.e. bags)

Two monitors and Old Ironsides firing on Sumter

Harbor - Ft. Sumpter (i.e. Sumter) in distance