Civil wars; Military facilities; Soldiers; Military officers; Forts & fortifications; Telegraph
Second Battle of Fort Wagner
Morris Island, South Carolina
Location also known as Battery Wagner. The remains of a Confederate land mine, or "torpedo" are seen in front of the soldiers at right.
Number 6 of a series of 6 advertising cards from Liebig Company showing steps in making chromolithographic advertising cards. Shows finished portrait of J. von Liebig.
Handwritten on back: "building paneled brick wall with sone piers alonge southside of Flower Garden walk." "Left to right: Sam Vandergrift, Roland Taylor, Gene Valeri, Chas Mason"
Typed caption: "Seated at right, Mrs. Mary M. Bennett Pierce Stebbins, wife of Dr. Sumner Stebbins. Standing center, Miss Mary Woodward, sister of Helen Woodward (daughter of Sidney Pierce Stebbins and Darwin Woodward). In hammock, Sidney...