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Union soldiers and civilians posing in an encampment and on the ruins of the Morris Island Lighthouse near Charleston, South Carolina, during the American Civil War in July or August 1863. Some of the men on the pile of rubble are possibly watching distant exchanges of artillery fire by Union and Confederate forces in Charleston Harbor. By photographers Haas and Peale.

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Union soldiers posing on sandbag fortifications and with Parrott rifles in Battery Stevens on Morris Island near Charleston, South Carolina, 1863. Battle smoke from nearby artillery fire is possibly visible in the background. By Haas and Peale.

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Time-lapse view of Union soldiers posing with the wreckage of the Swamp Angel, a gun emplacement for an 8-inch Parrot gun which was built in swampland on Morris Island, 1863. It fired incendiary shells into downtown Charleston, a distant 4.5 miles away, until it burst during its 36th shot on August 23, 1863. Two of the soldiers near the barrel of the Parrot gun are playing a card game. By Haas and Peale.

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Three men posing with two mortars in the Trapier Mortar Battery on Morris Island shortly after the surrender of the nearby Fort Sumter by Union forces in Charleston harbor, 1861. The battery fired its mortars at Fort Sumter in the bombardment leading to its surrender. The darkroom used by the photographers to develop this photograph is visible behind the mortar in the background. By Osborn and Durbec.

Union soldiers posing with two mortars in a fortified position on Morris Island, South Carolina, 1865. The mortars are said to be aimed at Fort Sumter. By Samuel A. Cooley. Animated stereoscopic photographs.

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Union soldiers during a changing the guard ceremony in Fort Wagner, Morris Island, 1865. By Samuel A. Cooley. Animated stereoscopic photograph.

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An African American Union soldier being drummed out of camp for stealing wearing a sign that reads: "THIEF. This man, Benj. F. Ditcher, 55th Mass Vol's, STOLE MONEY from a wounded FRIEND." Morris Island, South Carolina, 1863. By Haas and Peale.

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The USS New Ironsides (far right) and other Union ironclads firing at Confederate-held Fort Sumter or Fort Moultrie from just off Morris Island as spectators on the beach in the foreground watch, 1863. One of the first combat photographs ever taken.

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