A gun dismounted from the parapet at Fort Sumter after the bombardment. The square brackets in the title are the Library’s: the title was devised by staff, not printed on the object, and this site does not quietly drop the brackets.
The repository’s notes
Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015. Title from inventory and item.
The record
Title, as cataloged[Fort Sumter interior with a soldier standing near the artillery]
Title used hereFort Sumter, interior, with a dismounted gun
Photographerno photographer identified
AttributionVerified
Date, as catalogedCharleston, S.C. : Osborn & Durbec’s Southern Stereoscopic & Photographic Depot, 223 King Street, [between 1860 and 1861]
PlaceFort Sumter, Charleston Harbor
Controlling forceConfederate-held
Processalbumen print on card mount
Formatstereograph
Dimensionssheet 8.5 x 17 cm
Negative or printprint
CollectionThe Robin G. Stanford Collection
Call numberLOT 14110-1, no. 33 (H) [P&P]
Reproduction numberLC-DIG-stereo-1s03912 (front); LC-DIG-stereo-2s03912 (back)
Inscription on the mountOsborn & Durbec imprint
Credit lineLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
RightsNo known restrictions on publication
Rights advisory, verbatimNo known restrictions on publication.
ConfidenceVerified
Last verified2026-08-30
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