Fort Sumter after the bombardment

[ca. 1863–1865]

From "War Memories" catalog: This is a view of a portion of the exterior of the celebrated Fort Sumter, in Charleston Harbor, S.C. The heavy batteries on Morris Island aided by a fleet of Monitors, gave this fort a terrible bombardment. It was, at the commencement of this bombardment, a handsome, symmetrical fort. This photograph was made after the bombardment, and shows what a fearful pounding the fort has received; in fact it is scarcely more than a mass of ruins. Shot, shell, and dismounted and broken cannon are scattered about like leaves of the forest.