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Title: The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Miller, Francis Trevelyan, 1877-1959 Lanier, Robert S. (Robert Sampson), 1880-
Subjects: United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Pictorial works United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865
Publisher: New York : Review of Reviews Co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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THE MORNING AND EVENING GUN—SUMTER THIS PIECE THAT TIMED THE GARRISON OF THE BELEAGUERED FORTLOOKS OUT ACROSS THE MARSHES OF CHARLESTON HARBORIN THESE GILLMOREs MEN SET UP THEIR BATTERIES, WITHWHAT RESULTS THE FOLLOWING SERIES OF PICTURES SHOWS
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GILLMORE STUDYINGHIS MAP EXPLAINING THE PHOTOGRAPHSON THE PAGES THAT FOLLOW Brigadier-General Quincy Adams Gillmoreis the man who surrounded Charleston witha ring of fire. On the map which he is study-ing the words East Coast, South Carolinaare plainly legible. A glance at the mapto the right will reveal that coast, alongwhich his guns were being pushed when thisphotograph was taken, in 1863. It will alsonvcal the progress illustrated by the suc-cession of photographs following—the grad-ual reduction of Battery Wagner, at thenorth end of Morris Island before Charleston,by a series of parallels. On the facing pageare scenes in Battery Reynolds on the firstparallel and Battery Brown on the second.Then come Batteries Rosecrans and Meadeon the second parallel, shown on successivepages. The Swamp Angel that threwshells five miles into the city of Charlestoncomes next, and then the sap-roller beingpushed forward to the fifth and last parallel,with Battery Chatfield on Cummings Point.On th

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