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Title: Harper's Weekly clippings about South Carolina

Collection #: 0096

Dates: 1860-1890

Size: 0.5 linear feet

Biographical Note: N/A

Scope and Content Note: The collection consists of various clippings from Harper's Weekly. Each of the articles is about events in South Carolina, and range from 1860 to 1890. The topics discussed include the Civil War, Reconstruction, the Charleston Earthquake of 1886, and the State Dispensary.

Subject Headings:

South Carolina. Dispensary.
Charleston Earthquake, S.C., 1886.
Earthquakes -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Miscellanea.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- South Carolina -- Miscellanea.
South Carolina -- History -- Civil war, 1861-1865 -- Miscellanea.
South Carolina -- History -- 19th century -- Miscellanea.

Inventory:

 

 

I.

Date

Description

 

 

April 21, 1860

S.C. Institute Hall

 

 

April 28, 1860

Delegates of Democratic Convention Leaving Hotel

 

 

 

April 28, 1860

Are of Convention Hall in Charleston

 

 

May 5, 1860

Sleeping Room in Hibernian Hall

 

 

May 12, 1860

Meeting of Southern Seceders

 

 

June 9, 1860

Encampment of Washington Light Infantry

 

 

November 17, 1860

Fort Moultrie, Sullivan’s Island

 

 

December 8, 1860

Brig “Lodebar”- Ashley River

 

 

1861

The Dreamer at Moultrie

 

 

January 19, 1861

Fort Johnson

 

 

January 26, 1861

The City of Charleston

 

 

January 26, 1861

Firing on the Star of the West

 

 

February 16, 1861

10-inch Columbiad at Fort Sumter

 

 

February 23, 1861

Good-By to Sumter

 

 

March 23, 1861

Major Anderson’s command at Fort Sumter

 

 

April 27, 1861

Map of Charleston Harbor

 

 

May 4, 1861

House-Tops in Charleston during Bombardment

 

 

May 18, 1861

The Battery during the Bombardment of Charleston

 

 

November 30, 1861

Map of the Sea-Coast of S.C.

 

 

March 22, 1862

Complete Issue

 

 

July 5, 1862

Birds-eye view of Charleston

 

 

October 18, 1862

Who are the Nigger Worshippers

 

 

January 31, 1863

Our Blockading Fleet off Charleston Harbor

 

 

May 2, 1863

The Defenses of Charleston

 

 

August 15, 1863

Campaign of South Carolina, Scenes from the Sea-island

 

 

August 15, 1863

Birds-eye view of Charleston

 

 

September 5, 1863

Bombardments of Fort Sumter and Wagner

 

 

September 19, 1863

The Siege of Charleston

 

 

January 9, 1864

Interior of Ft. Sumter from Morris Island

 

 

February 6, 1864

Camp of New York 103rd

 

 

July 2, 1864

Sherman’s Campaign

 

 

March 18, 1865

Visit to Fort Sumter by General Gilmore

 

 

 

September 30, 1865

Hanging of Slave

 

 

September 21, 1867

Raccoon Hunt

 

 

March 19, 1870

Fort Sumter Political Cartoon

 

 

August 10, 1872

Negro Camp meeting in the South

 

 

1875

Forgotten Heroes

 

 

April 24, 1875

Civil Rights Bill

 

 

July 17, 1875

Sketches in Charleston

 

 

August 12, 1876

The “Bloody Shirt” Removed

 

 

January 19, 1878

Loading Cotton at Charleston

 

 

September 11, 1886

Night of the Earthquake

 

 

September 11, 1886

Earthquake of Charleston

 

 

September 11, 1886

Earthquake- a street scene

 

 

September 18, 1886

After the Earthquake

 

 

September 18, 1886

Earthquake of Charleston

 

 

July 27, 1889

Coast Planter Hailing a New Orleans Steamer

 

 

November 1, 1890

Rail Shooting on the Delaware

 

 

December 24, 1892

“Missed ‘em agin, by Ginger”

 

 

1895

Negro in New York

 

 

1890’s

State Dispensary War in S.C.