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Exterior View of Fort Sumpter
1866
Exterior of Fort Sumter. A cannon has fallen on the steep shoreline and waves are hitting the rocks.Plate 58
Fort Sumpter
1865
Exterior of Fort Sumpter [sic]. There are several men and a boat on the shoreline in the foreground.Plate 56
The New Capitol, Columbia, S.C.
1866
Construction on the new capitol building. A church is behind the construction.Plate 52
Ruins in Columbia, S.C.
1866
The ruins of a church in Columbia after General Sherman's men burned the town near the end of the Civil War.Plate 54
Columbia from the Capitol
1866
Destruction of Columbia after General Sherman's men burned the town near the end of the Civil War.Plate 53
Ruins of Columbia, S.C. No. 2
1866
The ruins of Columbia after Sherman passed through, with damaged buildings, free-standing columns, and a pile of rubble.Plate 55
