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Edward Anthony|Alma A. Pelot|Jesse H. Bolles

Hamilton's Floating Battery Moored at the End of Sullivan's Island the Night Before They Opened Fire upon Fort Sumter

April 1861
Albumen silver print from glass negative
5 × 7.9 cm (2 × 3.1 in)

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