Hamilton's Floating Battery Moored at the End of Sullivan's Island the Night Before They Opened Fire upon Fort Sumter. Artist: Attributed to Alma A. Pelot (American, active Charleston, South Carolina, 1850s-1860s); Attributed to Jesse H. Bolles (American, active Charleston, South Corlina, 1850s-1860s). Dimensions: Image: 1 15/16 × 3 1/8 in. (5 × 7.9 cm)Mount: 3 3/8 in. × 4 3/4 in. (8.5 × 12 cm). Publisher: Edward Anthony (American, 1818-1888). Date: April 1861.In January 1861, prior to the outbreak of war, James Randolph Hamilton began the construction of the ironclad floating battery to be used by the Confederate government to attack Fort Sumter and other Federal positions or naval vessels in Charleston, South Carolina. Built in clear view of the Union forces stationed at Sumter, the floating battery was one hundred feet long, twenty-five-feet wide, and sheathed in two layers of iron plate. It flies the first Confederate flag. Towed into the harbor close to Fort Sumter, Hamilton's B

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Hamilton's Floating Battery Moored at the End of Sullivan's Island the Night Before They Opened Fire upon Fort Sumter. Artist: Attributed to Alma A. Pelot (American, active Charleston, South Carolina, 1850s-1860s); Attributed to Jesse H. Bolles (American, active Charleston, South Corlina, 1850s-1860s). Dimensions: Image: 1 15/16 × 3 1/8 in. (5 × 7.9 cm)Mount: 3 3/8 in. × 4 3/4 in. (8.5 × 12 cm). Publisher: Edward Anthony (American, 1818-1888). Date: April 1861.In January 1861, prior to the outbreak of war, James Randolph Hamilton began the construction of the ironclad floating battery to be used by the Confederate government to attack Fort Sumter and other Federal positions or naval vessels in Charleston, South Carolina. Built in clear view of the Union forces stationed at Sumter, the floating battery was one hundred feet long, twenty-five-feet wide, and sheathed in two layers of iron plate. It flies the first Confederate flag. Towed into the harbor close to Fort Sumter, Hamilton's B

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