Union gunners carry out a heavy five day bombardment of the Confederate forts defending Charleston

At dawn on August 17, 1863, Union naval units, supplemented with Union artillery batteries ashore commenced a heavy bombardment of the Confederate forts defending Charleston Harbor.  The unprecedented shelling went on for five days.  Fort Sumter came in for particular punishment and was largely reduced to a ruin.  The other forts were heavily damaged but none were surrendered, despite Union threats to shell Charleston proper. (By John Osborne) 
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Union Army Ordnance Depot, Morris Island, Charleston Harbor, August, 1863, artist's impression, detail

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Joseph Williams, Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College
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Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, August 26, 2013.
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engraving
Use in Day View?
No
Permission to use?
Yes
Original caption
Siege of Charleston - Ordnance Depot, Morris Island. - From a sketch by our Special Artist.
Source citation
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, September 12, 1863, 392.
Source note
Cropped from the larger image, also available here. 

Union Army Ordnance Depot, Morris Island, Charleston Harbor, August, 1863, artist's impression, zoomable image

Scanned by
Joseph Williams, Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College
Scan date
Notes
Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, August 26, 2013.
Image type
engraving
Use in Day View?
No
Permission to use?
Yes
Original caption
Siege of Charleston - Ordnance Depot, Morris Island. - From a sketch by our Special Artist.
Source citation
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, September 12, 1863, 392.

Union Army Engineering Depot, Morris Island, Charleston Harbor, August, 1863, artist's impression, detail

Scanned by
Joseph Williams, Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College
Scan date
Notes
Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, August 26, 2013.
Image type
engraving
Use in Day View?
No
Permission to use?
Yes
Original caption
Siege of Charleston - Engineers' Depot, Morris Island. - From a sketch by our Special Artist.
Source citation
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, September 12, 1863, 392.
Source note
Cropped from the larger image, also available here. 

Union Army Engineering Depot, Morris Island, Charleston Harbor, August, 1863, artist's impression, zoomable image

Scanned by
Joseph Williams, Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College
Scan date
Notes
Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, August 26, 2013.
Image type
engraving
Use in Day View?
No
Permission to use?
Yes
Original caption
Siege of Charleston - Engineers' Depot, Morris Island. - From a sketch by our Special Artist.
Source citation
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, September 12, 1863, 392.

Union naval bombardment of the Confederate forts in Charleston Harbor, August 17, 1863, artist's impression, detail

Scanned by
Joseph Williams, Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College
Scan date
Notes
Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, August 26, 2013.
Image type
engraving
Use in Day View?
No
Permission to use?
Yes
Original caption
Siege of Charleston - Engagement between the Rebel Forts Wagner, Sumter, Moultrie, Gregg, etc., and the Union fleet and some of Gillmore's land batteries, August 17. - From a sketch by our Special Artist, W.T. Crane.
Source citation
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, September 12, 1863, 392.
Source note
Cropped from the larger image, also available here. 

Union naval bombardment of the Confederate forts in Charleston Harbor, August 17, 1863, artist's impression, zoomable image

Scanned by
Joseph Williams, Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College
Scan date
Notes
Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, August 26, 2013.
Image type
engraving
Use in Day View?
No
Permission to use?
Yes
Original caption
Siege of Charleston - Engagement between the Rebel Forts Wagner, Sumter, Moultrie, Gregg, etc., and the Union fleet and some of Gillmore's land batteries, August 17. - From a sketch by our Special Artist, W.T. Crane.
Source citation
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, September 12, 1863, 392.

Draft drawings resuming in New York City's Sixth District, August 19, 1863, artist's impression, further detail

Scanned by
Joseph Williams, Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College
Scan date
Notes
Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, August 26, 2013.
Image type
engraving
Use in Day View?
No
Permission to use?
Yes
Original caption
Process of Drafting in the 6th District - The Draft - Scenes in New York, August 19, during the drafting in the Sixth District
Source citation
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, September 5, 1863, 376.
Source note
Cropped from the larger image, also available here. 

Draft drawings resuming in New York City's Sixth District, August 19, 1863, artist's impression, detail

Scanned by
Joseph Williams, Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College
Scan date
Notes
Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, August 26, 2013.
Image type
engraving
Use in Day View?
No
Permission to use?
Yes
Original caption
Process of Drafting in the 6th District - The Draft - Scenes in New York, August 19, during the drafting in the Sixth District
Source citation
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, September 5, 1863, 376.
Source note
Cropped from the larger image, also available here. 

Draft drawings resuming in New York City's Sixth District, August 19, 1863, artist's impression, zoomable image

Scanned by
Joseph Williams, Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College
Scan date
Notes
Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, August 26, 2013.
Image type
engraving
Use in Day View?
No
Permission to use?
Yes
Original caption
Process of Drafting in the 6th District - The Draft - Scenes in New York, August 19, during the drafting in the Sixth District
Source citation
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, September 5, 1863, 376.
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