Charleston Gallery

Flag of Fort Sumter, 1861

Fort Sumter's US flag after the bombardment, as raised in New York in 1861 by Major Anderson, Sumter commander.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Blacks in South Carolina legislature under Reconstruction

Reconstructed South Carolina legislature, including African-American delegates, passing an appropriations bill, 1873.
Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

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Union army spiking the cannons of Fort Moultrie before evacuating to Fort Sumter, December 26th, 1860.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

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