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)

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. From The Blue and Gray in Black and White: A History of Civil War Photography.

Union Soldiers Posing With Two Mortars in a Fortified Position on Morris Island, South Carolina (1865)

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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Captured German Artillery Pieces on Display ih the Place de la Concorde

Captured German artillery pieces on display at the Place de la Concorde in Paris. Animated stereoview.

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