General View of the City and Harbor of Charleston, S.C. / The Bombardment of Fort Sumter Sketched from Morris Island Charleston Harbor, S.C.

Archive

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Historic Charleston Foundation

Charleston Harbor - Bombardment of Ft. Sumter: Copyright: Copied from Digital Image Library (IndianaHistory.org) [also on Frank Leslie.com but w/ watermark; Origformat: Digital Image
Charleston Harbor - Bombardment of Ft. Sumter

Copyright: Copied from Digital Image Library (IndianaHistory.org) [also on Frank Leslie.com but w/ watermark; Origformat: Digital Image

Name/Title

General View of the City and Harbor of Charleston, S.C. / The Bombardment of Fort Sumter Sketched from Morris Island Charleston Harbor, S.C.

Entry/Object ID

2010.005.4

Scope and Content

Illustrated newsprint sheet with engravings from Frank Leslie's The Soldier in Our Civil War, published 1893, pages 34-35. View of Charleston Harbor (top). Fort Sumter being fired upon (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

Ships, Sailboats, Bombardment

Search Terms

Charleston (S.C.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865, Charleston (S.C.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns, Harbors--South Carolina--Charleston, Charleston Harbor (S.C.)

Archive Details

Creator

Leslie, Frank, 1821-1880

Archive Size/Extent

1 sheet, 21.25" x 15.5"

Archive Notes

Date(s) Created: Date of creation unknown; depicts ca. 1860s event; published 1893 Date(s): ca. 1860s

Location

Location

Container

Oversize Box 1

Shelf

Archives D-7

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

General Notes

Note

Notes: Verso contains pages 33 and 36, with illustrations: The Ordinance Bureau at Charleston, S.C.; The United States Revenue Cutter "Aiken," Seized in Charleston Harbor by the South Carolina Authorities; and Locations of Forts and Defenses Directed Against Fort Sumter (Plan of Operations in Charleston Harbour).

Created By

[email protected]

Create Date

January 27, 2010

Updated By

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Update Date

April 5, 2023