Civil War Charleston SC: Ft Sumter Wade Hampton etc Apr 1861 Osborn/Durbec CW270 For Sale

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This stereoviews depicts Confederate officials inside Fort Sumter the day after Anderson evacuated the fort.

This rare albumen stereoview is an original 1861-printed image bythe photographersOsborn & Durbec. Signs that the card is early are that the mountis 6 ¾-inches long and has square corners. These attributes are hallmarks of manyof the earliest-printed Civil War stereoviews.There is a manuscript ink title on back that reads “Interior of Ft.Sumter, April 1861. The day after Anderson left.” The card is very clean and in very good condition - see scans.

The original negatives ultimately passed down to laterCharleston photographers and the later printed cards bore a label that had thefollowing additional information regarding this photograph: “This view wastaken the day after the evacuation of Fort Sumter by Gen. Anderson, on the 14thApril, 1861. The gun in the fore-ground,a 10-inch Columbiad, was directed toward the city of Charleston, for thepurpose of throwing hot shot or shell into the city. It was not used, however. Among the persons represented as standingnear the gun in-citizen’s dress, are Gen. Wade Hampton and the Right Rev.Bishop Lynch. Gen. Hampton standsnearest the gun, behind the sponge staff, whilst Bishop Lynch stands next tohim in front of the sponge staff. Thelikeness of Bishop Lynch is an excellent one. The picture also shows a portionof the Eastern Barracks, which was within range of the guns of Fort Moultrie.”

James M. Osborn & F.W. Durbec had their gallery inCharleston, South Carolina. Osborn &Durbec took among the first photographs during the Civil War, when they went toFort Sumter in April 1861. This image isone of those taken there during their trip.