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Charleston, South Carolina. View of Charleston from the roof of the Orphan Asylum

A high view over Charleston from the roof of the Orphan Asylum in 1865.

Barnard on the roof of the Orphan House with the whole burnt city in front of him. The two plates form the left and right halves of a stereograph pair, and the Library records which is which.

The record

Title, as catalogedCharleston, South Carolina. View of Charleston from the roof of the Orphan Asylum

PhotographerGeorge N. Barnard

AttributionVerified

Date, as cataloged1865 [April]

PlaceCharleston Orphan House, Calhoun Street

Controlling forceUnion-held

Processwet collodion glass negative

Formatstereograph negative (2 plates)

Negative or printnegative

CollectionCivil war photographs, 1861-1865 (Library of Congress)

Call numberLC-B811- 3420 [P&P]; LOT 4163 (corresponding photographic print)

Reproduction numberLC-DIG-cwpb-02995 (left half); LC-DIG-cwpb-02994 (right half)

Inscription on the mountCaption from negative sleeve: Panoramic view of Charleston, S.C. from the top of the Orphan Asylum.

RepositoryLibrary of Congress

Credit lineCivil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division

RightsNo known restrictions on publication

Rights advisory, verbatimNo known restrictions on publication. For information, see “Civil war photographs, 1861-1865,” http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/120_cwar.html

Catalog recordhttps://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2018671205/

ConfidenceVerified

Last verified2026-08-30

Sources

Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. https://www.loc.gov/pictures/