Hamilton's Floating Battery Moored at the End of Sullivan's Island the Night Before They Opened Fire upon Fort Sumter

Alma A. Pelot

Date

April 1861

Type

Carte-de-visite

Medium

Albumen silver print from glass negative

Department

Photographs

Institution

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Object number

2005.100.1174.4

Credit

Gilman Collection, Museum Purchase, 2005