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A proclamation: Whereas the enemy have invaded this state, and now occ...

Plan de la barre et du havre de Charles-Town d'après un plan anglois l...

Scale ca. 1:45,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Shows points of defense. Oriented with north to the right. "No. 2." "No. 1 et 2. Ensemble." Includes sailing "Instruction."... More

A sketch of the environs of Charlestown in South Carolina.

Public domain scan of a vintage map, city plan, atlas, cartoghraphy, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Charles-Town, capitale de la Caroline.

Scale ca. 1:12,500. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1540 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 440; 651/1

Plan de la ville de Charlestown, de ses retranchements et du siege fai...

Scale ca. 1:10,320. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Includes text. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1560 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 440; 651/1

[The Investiture of Charleston, S.C. by the English army, in 1780. Wit...

Scale ca. 1:17,500. Title from William Faden's Catalogue of a curious and valuable collection of original maps and plans. 1862. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1559 ... More

A plan of the town, bar, harbour, and environs of Charlestown in South...

Scale ca. 1:45,000. Title from engraved copy issued by William Faden in 1780. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. LC Maps of North America... More

A sketch of the operations before Charlestown, the capital of South Ca...

Scale ca. 1:11,800. Hand colored. Includes descriptive index and inset of "Charlestown harbour," ca. 1:430,000. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1554 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site ... More

Plan of the siege of Charles Town in South Carolina under command of H...

Scale ca. 1:11,500. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Oriented with north to the right. Shows detailed lines of fire for defenders and besiegers. Ships shown pictorially. On verso: Siege of Charles Town, ... More

Sketch of the harbour of Charles Town

Scale ca. 1:166,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Has watermark. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Depths shown by soundings. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1550 Available also through the Library o... More

In the Society of the Cincinnati, established in the State of South-Ca...

Imprint 3.; Not in Evans. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 172, Folder 10.

General exports from the port of Charleston, South-Carolina, from Nove...

Imprint 2. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 172, Folder 11a.

Ichnography of Charleston, South-Carolina : at the request of Adam Tun...

Scale 1:4,800; 400 ft. to 1 in. Oriented with north toward the lower right. "Published 1st Jan'y 1790 by E. Petrie, No. 13 America Square." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster im... More

Member of Congress. William Loughton Smith The importance of this city...

Political campaign.; Smith, William Loughton.; Imprint 2. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Po... More

Packet boat grounded for tarring beside wharf--Men and wagon in foregr...

John Rubens Smith Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain scan - drawing of sailing ship, sea, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Office of the agents of trustees Bank of the United States. Charleston...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 172, Folder 28a.

[Preliminary sketch for neoclassic building with "MDCCXIX" on pediment...

Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory, no. 102. (DLC/PP-1995:140.102). Forms part of: John Rubens Smith collection (Library of Congress).

[View of Charleston, South Carolina, possibly looking north toward Sul...

Drawing shows in lower left the figure of a man walking along the shoreline and a larger preliminary sketch of the man, also to the right of the man is a preliminary sketch of a woman walking to the right carry... More

[View of Charleston, South Carolina, perhaps looking southwest, showin...

Preliminary sketches of human figures on verso. Includes a remarque at lower left center of sheet showing the figure of a man in a rowboat. Watermark: AMIES. Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory, no. 92. (DLC/PP-... More

[View of the city of Charleston, South Carolina, with homes and outbui...

Preliminary sketch on verso. Trimed to inside the puncture holes that were around the edges where paper was fastened to a board. Watermark: AMIES. Forms part of: John Rubens Smith collection (Library of Congress).

A view taken from the S.W. end of Charleston, S.C. Jany 17th 1812

Preliminary sketches of human figures on verso. Watermark: AMIES. Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory, no. 90. (DLC/PP-1995:140.90). Forms part of: John Rubens Smith collection (Library of Congress).

[Perspective view of Broad Street in Charleston, South Carolina, with ...

Watermark: AMIES & Co; also a dove with olive branch on the right margin. Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory, no. 99. (DLC/PP-1995:140.99). Forms part of: John Rubens Smith collection (Library of Congress).

[Preliminary sketch of a large public building in Charleston, South Ca...

Inscribed in lower left: 6 windows [?], green blinds [?], roof red [?]. Sketch of a face, possibly from a statue, on verso. Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory, no. 106. (DLC/PP-1995:140.106). Forms part of: Joh... More

[View of the city of Charleston, South Carolina, with a large home and...

Preliminary sketch on verso. Includes puncture holes around the edges where paper was fastened to a board. Watermark with a large fleur de lis with W. Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory, no. 97. (DLC/PP-1995:14... More

St. Michaels Church, Charleston, S.C., engraving, Library of Congress

Public domain scan of architectural drawing, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

View of a street in the city of Charleston, South Carolina, with a chu...

Includes puncture holes along sides and bottom where paper was fastened to a board. Watermark: AMIES & Co; also a dove with olive branch on the left margin. Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory, no. 95. (DLC/PP-1... More

[Detail view of cupola, pediment, and frieze of a large public buildin...

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, architectural drawing, building plan, or design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

[View of the city of Charleston, S.C., with a mansion, the Nathaniel R...

Includes puncture holes around edges where paper was fastened to a board. Preliminary perspective sketch on verso. Watermark: AMIES & Co; also a dove with olive branch on the left margin. Philadelphia Print Sh... More

[Preliminary sketch for neoclassic building with "MDCCXIX" on pediment...

Preliminary sketches on verso. Watermark shows a dove holding an olive branch, representing Amies & Co. Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory, no. 101. (DLC/PP-1995:140.101). Forms part of: John Rubens Smith colle... More

[View of Charleston, South Carolina, perhaps coming down the Cooper Ri...

Watermark: AMIES. Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory, no. 93. (DLC/PP-1995:140.93). Forms part of: John Rubens Smith collection (Library of Congress).

History of the church in the press, and wil be speedily published by E...

Imprint 2.; Prospectus.; Dalcho, Frederic, An historical account of the Protestant Episcopal Church in S. C. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as... More

[Charleston, S. C. Hibernian Society membership certificate] / G. Thre...

Public domain scan of an art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The State of South Carolina. City of Charleston. An ordinance regulati...

Imprint 2. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 172, Folder 35.

Masters of vessels as well as others therein concerned, are required t...

Title.; Imprint 2. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 172, Folder 36.

New method of assorting the mail, as practised by Southern slave-holde...

A portrayal of the nocturnal raid on the Charleston post office by a mob of citizens and the burning of abolitionist mails found there in July 1835. Mail sacks are handed through a forced window of the ransack... More

An exact prospect of Charlestown, the metropolis of the province of So...

Print shows a view of the waterfront at Charleston harbor, Charleston, South Carolina, with several ships and small boats in the harbor and men, some with fishing nets, standing on a bit of land in the lower le... More

[Portrait of seated man holding the Charleston Zeitung, possibly the o...

Purchase; Dennis A. Waters; 2014; (DLC/PP-2014:147). Forms part of: Daguerreotype Collection (Library of Congress). Vender : Dennis A. Waters.

The government arsenal in Charleston, S.C., guarded by detachments of ...

Print shows a crowd of people and troops in front of the arsenal building. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 11, no. 262 (1860 Dec. 1), p. 25.

The Democratic convention at Charleston, South Carolina - Interior of ...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 9, no. 231 (1860 May 5), pp. 358-359.

Interior of Secession Hall. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Photograph showing the interior of St. Andrew's Hall, or Secession Hall, in Charleston, South Carolina. Photograph by George S. Cook. Information about date and photographer from: Portraits of Conflict: a Phot... More

Palmetto-tree, and old custom-house, at Charleston, South Carolina

Groups of people gathered near a palmetto tree in front of the old customs house in Charleston, South Carolina. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 4, no. 205 (1860 December 1), p. 753 (title page, bottom).

Colonel Bully - Public domain architectural drawing

This appears to be a front view of the house depicted in DRWG/US - Waud, no. 1064 (A size) Title inscribed below image. Formerly Waud no. C-138. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1065) Forms part of: Mo... More

[Map of the coast of South Carolina, from Charleston to Savannah].

Title, date, and scale from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Portion of an unidentified printed map showing roads, railroads, towns, and drainage. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S126 Available also through the ... More

An ordinance to dissolve the Union between the State of South Carolina...

On verso: {stamp} Jan 2 1906 86 435 Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 173, Folder 10.

[The Charleston convention] - A black and white drawing of a building

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 9, no. 228 (1860 April 14), p. 303 (title page).

[U.S. Quartermaster's office, Charleston, South Carolina]

Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 3435. Public domain photograph of a military, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Citadel cadets, of Charleston, South Carolina

Three cadets, posed nearly full-length portraits, wearing uniforms, facing front.

Grave of John C. Calhoun, Charleston, S.C.

No. 4418. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites a... More

Central (i.e. Circular) Church, Charleston, S.C.

Photograph shows a man sitting, facing the ruins of the Circular Church. No. 4443. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

View taken in 1861, Confederate States of America.

Photograph shows group of men at the entrance of Fort Sumter. No. 4394. Hand written on verso: Miller, vol. 9, p. 41. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Fort Sumter, Charleston, S.C. Pho... More

The secession movement--Entrance hall to an hotel at Charleston, South...

Title page with illustration showing people in lobby of hotel, Charleston, S.C. Illus. in: The Illustrated London news, 1861 Feb. 2, p. 87.

Principal church, Charleston - Public domain city architecture drawing

Drawing shows men, women and children walking past St. Michael's Episcopal Church on Broad Street in Charleston, South Carolina on the eve of the Civil War.

The blockade of Charleston - A drawing of two ships in the ocean

Three sailing ships: "Vandalia", the prize "Arthur Middleton", and "Roanoke". Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 5, no. 247 (1861 Sept. 21), p. 599.

Bombardment of Fort Sumter by the batteries of the Confederate states

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1861 April 27, pp. 264-265. Public domain photograph related to Confederate States of America, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picry... More

Fort Sumter, showing the effects of the bombardment by the artillery o...

Copy photograph shows a photo of the damaged walls of Fort Sumter viewed by men on a nearby sandbar. The photo is mounted above a printed caption with Engineer Department noted on the left. Mounted with two ot... More

Roman Catholic Cathederal, Charleston, S.C. during American Civil War

Photograph shows Roman Catholic Cathederal of St. John and St. Finbar next to Dr. Gadsden's house damaged during the bombardment of Charleston. No. 4423. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

The prayer at Sumter, December 27, 1860

Major Robert Anderson and soldiers praying around flag in Fort Sumter, Charleston, South Carolina. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 5, no. 213 (1861 Jan. 26), p. 49.

Charleston, South Carolina: The orphan asylum, [facade]

Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). No. 3425. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Views of Fort Sumter from drawings

Photograph of drawing showing the ruins of Fort Sumter with Confederate flag waving from Charleston Harbor.

Fort Johnson and Battery Gregg - Public domain scan / drawing

Photograph of drawing shows soldiers rowing a boat in front of Fort Johnson and Battery Simpkins with Charleston in the background. No. B680. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Charlesto... More

General McGowan addressing the Abbeville Volunteers in front of the Ch...

Large crowd of people and soldiers gathered in front of the Charleston Hotel to hear General McGowan's remarks. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 11, no. 274 (1861 February 23), p. 221.

Civil war glass negatives and related prints - Harris and Ewing, Washi...

An old photo of a bunch of watermelons, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington, D.C. a... More

Views of Fort Sumter from drawings

Photograph of drawing shows Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor with a boat sailing by. The Confederate flag waves above the fort. No. B701. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Fort Sumter,... More

[Civil War envelope showing American flag flying high over a burning F...

Addressed to Ogden Griswold Esq., care Hastings & Griswold, Hartford, Conn.; postmarked; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civi... More

Charleston, South Carolina: Grave of John C. Calhoun

Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). No. 3421. Public domain photograph - grave, cemetery, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

South-Western angle and face of Fort Moultrie, Charleston Harbor, S.C....

Soldiers with cannons. Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Central (i.e. Circular) Church, Charleston, S.C.

Photograph shows aerial view of the ruins of Circular Church and Secession Hall. No. 4419. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Views of Fort Sumter from drawings

Photograph of drawing showing ruins of Fort Sumter from Charleston Harbor with a Confederate flag waving on the left. No. B698. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Fort Sumter, Charleston... More

Confederate flag flying. Ft. Sumter after the evacuation of Maj. Ande...

Photograph shows the Confederate flag flying at Fort Sumter, on April 15, 1861, following the surrender of Major Anderson and his Union troops, documenting the beginning of the Civil War; troops prepare to load... More

Exterior view of the gorge of Fort Sumter on the 14th, April 1861 afte...

Copy photograph showing a group of men in front of the damaged walls of Fort Sumter near the gorge. Mounted with two other photographs. Photograph is possibly half of a stereograph pair. Letter "A" is noted in... More

Charleston, South Carolina: The orphan asylum, [facade]

Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). No. 3423. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Exterior view of the gorge of Fort Sumter on the 14th April 1861 after...

Copy photograph shows a photo of a group of men in front of the damaged walls of Fort Sumter near the gorge. Mounted with two other photographs. Photograph is possibly half of a stereograph pair. Letter "B" is... More

The ordnance armory, Charleston, S.C. - the volunteer troops trying th...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1861 Feb. 16, p. 205.

Map of Charleston and vicinity. - Public domain old map

Scale ca. 1:170,000. Manuscript; pen-and-ink and watercolor. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.) 373.5 From the papers of Joseph Roswell Hawley. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image... More

Robert Smalls, captain of the gun-boat "Planter" The gun-boat "Planter...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 6, 1862 June 14, p. 372.

Vendue Range, Charleston, S.C.--The building on the left is where the ...

Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). No. 3070. Original neg. for this print: LC-B811-3070. Brady-Handy Collection.

Home in Charleston, S.C., American Civil War Glass Negative.

Ruins of home in Charleston, South Carolina and another house in background. Photograph by Haas and Peale. No. 46.

Interior view of Fort Sumter, Charleston, S.C. taken by a Confederate ...

Photograph showing debris inside the fort. No. 4382. Date and photographer's name from 99 Historic Images of Civil War Charleston, ed. by Garry Adelman, John Richter, and Bob Zeller, Center for Civil War Photo... More

Ruins of Circular Church and Secession Hall, Charleston, S.C., St. Phi...

Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). No. 6077. Brady Handy Studio.

Interior Views of Fort Sumter, Charleston, S.C. taken by a Confederate...

Photograph showing ruins inside Fort Sumter. No. 4377. Date and photographer's name from 99 Historic Images of Civil War Charleston, ed. by Garry Adelman, John Richter, and Bob Zeller, Center for Civil War Pho... More

Interior views of Fort Sumter, S.C. taken by a Confederate photographe...

Photograph showing the Confederate garrison and troops amidst the ruins of the interior of the fort. No. 4379. Date and photographer's name from 99 Historic Images of Civil War Charleston, ed. by Garry Adelman... More

[Four Civil War views showing the Battle of Gettysburg, execution of d...

Attack of the Louisiana Tigers on a battery of the Eleventh Corps Battle of Gettysburg is from a drawing by Alfred R. Waud. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1863 Aug. 8, p. 508-509.

Interior views of Fort Sumter, Charleston, S.C. taken by a Confederate...

Photograph showing casemates and other debris inside the fort. No. 4381. Date and photographer's name from 99 Historic Images of Civil War Charleston, ed. by Garry Adelman, John Richter, and Bob Zeller, Center... More

Interior views of Fort Sumter, Charleston, S.C. taken by a Confederate...

Photograph showing Confederate garrison cooking dinner amidst the ruins of the interior of the fort. No. 4380. Date and photographer's name from 99 Historic Images of Civil War Charleston, ed. by Garry Adelman... More

Rebel defences [sic] of Charleston Harbor, S.C., December 11th, 18[64]

Outlines the harbor of Charleston, S.C., beginning with the convergence of the Ashley and Cooper rivers and continuing to the Atlantic Ocean. Sneden traveled through the harbor on a Confederate steamer on Dece... More

Stone blockade off Charleston - A black and white drawing of a boat in...

Ships loaded with stones and sunk to block entrance of harbor, Charleston, South Carolina. Drawn and published by Adalbert Volck. Illus. in: V. Blada's war sketches. London [i.e. Baltimore], 1864, pl. 10.

View of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), showing the debris, shot, and shel...

Stereograph showing ruins of artillery among the rocks on the exterior of Fort Sumter.

Military prisons at Charleston, South Carolina / sketched by Lieutenan...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 9, no. 425 (1865 February 18), p. 108.

View of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter). Interior, showing remains of a cas...

Stereograph showing a fortified enclosure on the parapet, and gabions used as reinforcements inside Fort Sumter.

View of Ft. Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), showing a mingled mass of debris, s...

Stereograph showing two men seated on rocks amidst the debris of Fort Sumter. One man leans on a damaged cannon. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright 1865 by E. & H.T. Anthony... More

Panoramic view, the ruins of Charleston, S.C., Roman Catholic Cathedra...

Stereograph showing a young man seated on the ruins of exterior stairs. The ruins of several buildings, and the cathedral are in the distance. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Hand... More

Interior of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), Charleston Harbor, S.C., April...

Stereograph showing crowd at the flag-raising ceremony inside Fort Sumter on the occasion of the anniversary of Major General Anderson's surrender four years earlier. Part of series: The War for the Union. Phot... More

The ruins of the Circular church and Seccession Hall, Meeting St., Cha...

Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Hand written on verso: Miller, vol. II, p. 172. Copyright by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. in 1865. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Librar... More

Interior views of Fort Sumter, in April, 1865

Photograph shows a pile of cannon balls inside the battery at Fort Sumter. No. B665. Mounted with five other photographs. Photograph is half of a stereograph pair. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

View of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), Charleston Harbor, S.C., taken fro...

Stereograph showing three men standing on the sandbar next to a boat with three men inside. The exterior of Fort Sumter is in the distance. No. 3133. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History.... More

Interior of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), S.C., looking south, showing o...

Stereograph showing gabion reinforced retaining walls, brick chimneys, rocks and other debris inside Fort Sumter. No. 3132. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright 1865 by E. & H... More

Head Quarters of General John P. Hatch, South Battery, Charleston, S.C...

Stereograph showing the headquarters of Union General John Porter Hatch. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. House on left is home of photographer George S. Cook. Copyright by E. & H.T... More

View of John C. Calhoun's Tomb, Charleston, S.C.

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), east face, Charleston Harbor, S.C., showin...

Stereograph showing broken girders among piles of rocks next to the palmetto reinforcement on the exterior wall of Fort Sumter. No. 3127. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright ... More

The light house and bomb proofs of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), S.C.

Stereograph showing the entrance to a casemate beneath a beacon tower on the parapet of Fort Sumter. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright 1865 by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. Forms... More