Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, 1861 / Castle Pinckney, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, 1861

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Historic Charleston Foundation

Castle Pinckney & Fort Sumter: Copyright: Copied from Library of Congress Prints & Photographs; Origformat: Digital Image
Castle Pinckney & Fort Sumter

Copyright: Copied from Library of Congress Prints & Photographs; Origformat: Digital Image

Name/Title

Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, 1861 / Castle Pinckney, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, 1861

Entry/Object ID

2010.005.5

Scope and Content

Illustrated sheet with engravings, possibly from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Jan. 26, 1861. Fort Sumter in 1861, with sailboats in the foreground (top). Castle Pinckney in 1861, with a rowboat in the foreground, men toiling on the shore, and soldiers (bottom).

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Archives

Acquisition

Accession

2010.005.

Source or Donor

Robinson, Kitty

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Katharine S. Robinson

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Engraving

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Intaglio

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Print

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Sailboats, Soldiers, Rowboats

Search Terms

Charleston (S.C.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865, Fort Sumter (Charleston, S.C.), Castle Pinckney (Charleston, S.C.), Forts and fortifications, Charleston Harbor (S.C.)

Archive Details

Creator

Leslie, Frank, 1821-1880

Date(s) of Creation

1861

Archive Size/Extent

1 sheet, 21.5" x 15.5"

Archive Notes

Date(s) Created: Date of creation unknown; depicts scenes dated 1861 in title; published 1893

Location

Location

Container

Oversize Box 1

Shelf

Archives D-7

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

2004.020.007.13, 2004.020.039, 2004.020.040, 2004.020.041, 2004.020.042, 2009.009.4b, 2012.001.05, 2016.006.35

General Notes

Note

Notes: Verso contains illustrations: Battle at Great Bethel Between the Federal Troops Under General Pierce and the Confederate Troops Under Colonel Magruder, June 19th, 1861; Colonel Elmer E. Ellsworth; and The Murder of Colonel Ellsworth at the Marshall House, Alexandria, VA, May 24th, 1861.

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

January 27, 2010

Updated By

sferguson@historiccharleston.org

Update Date

April 5, 2023