Views of Fort Moultrie and Fort Sumter before and after the 1861 Fort Sumter bombardment

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Two views of Federal troops raising/lowering American flag in the interior of Fort Moultrie with Fort Sumter in the distance taken in August 1860:

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View of the interior of Fort Moultrie with Fort Sumter in the distance taken after the Confederate bombardment and Union surrender of Fort Sumter taken around April 1861:

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Also note the Confederate soldiers and/or civilians, the addition of sandbags/large mound of earth, cannonballs, and the different guns from the previous two scenes. Federal troops spiked the guns and burned the gun carriages when they abandoned Fort Moultrie.

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View of damaged brick on the other side of the shot furnace visible in the previous view presumably caused by Union artillery fire from Fort Sumter:

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Also note the Confederate soldiers and/or civilians, iron plates, and many cannonballs.

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All photographs taken in stereoview format by Osborn and Durbec.
 
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I love the original photographs! Were the banisters eventually disassembled and used in the filming of Gone With the Wind? :smoke: Kinda fancy for a fort, I say! Thanks for posting!
 
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