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The Evacuation of Fort Sumter

Publisher Osborn's Gallery American
Publisher Edward Anthony American
April 1861
Not on view
This exceptional early war carte-de-visite album inscribed "The Evacuation of Fort Sumter" was given by an unknown donor to a "Mrs. Crawford Washington" in 1862. It includes sixteen cartes de visite of Fort Sumter and the other batteries lining Charleston Harbor. On the inside front cover is a period inscription: These photographs were taken immediately after the evacuation of Fort Sumter by the U.S. Troops under Anderson, April 1861. Two of the photographs—including a study of Confederate soldiers sitting in the rubble of the fort—are the work of Osborn’s Gallery, of Charleston. J. M. Osborn was a partner of the firm of Osborn and Durbec’s Southern Stereoscopic and Photographic Depot. All the other photographs in the album, including the view of Beauregard’s "floating battery," are attributed to Alma Pelot and Jesse H. Bolles and are on Edward Anthony card mounts.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Evacuation of Fort Sumter
  • Publisher: Osborn's Gallery (American, active Charleston, South Carolina, 1850s–1860s)
  • Publisher: Edward Anthony (American, 1818–1888)
  • Date: April 1861
  • Medium: Albumen silver prints from glass negatives
  • Dimensions: Album: 12.6 × 9.4 × 2.5 cm (4 15/16 × 3 11/16 × 1 in.)
  • Classification: Albums
  • Credit Line: Gilman Collection, Museum Purchase, 2005
  • Object Number: 2005.100.1174.1–.16
  • Curatorial Department: Photographs

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The Evacuation of Fort Sumter, April 1861, J. M. Osborn American, Albumen silver print from glass negative
The Evacuation of Fort Sumter, April 1861
J. M. Osborn
Osborn's Gallery
April 1861
The Evacuation of Fort Sumter, April 1861, J. M. Osborn American, Albumen silver print from glass negative
The Evacuation of Fort Sumter, April 1861
J. M. Osborn
Osborn's Gallery
April 1861
The Evacuation of Fort Sumter, April 1861, Edward Anthony American, Albumen silver print from glass negative
The Evacuation of Fort Sumter, April 1861
Edward Anthony
April 1861
The Evacuation of Fort Sumter, April 1861, Edward Anthony American, Albumen silver print from glass negative
The Evacuation of Fort Sumter, April 1861
Edward Anthony
April 1861
Hamilton's Floating Battery Moored at the End of Sullivan's Island the Night Before They Opened Fire upon Fort Sumter, Alma A. Pelot American, Albumen silver print from glass negative
Hamilton's Floating Battery Moored at the End of Sullivan's Island the Night Before They Opened Fire upon Fort Sumter
Multiple artists/makers
April 1861

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