| Repository: | Western Reserve Historical Society |
| Creator: | Haas and Peale |
| Title: | Haas and Peale Photographs |
| Dates: | 1861-1865 |
| Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (3 containers) |
| Abstract: | The collection consists of views of activities of the Union Army in South Carolina during the American Civil War. Included are views of Folly Island, Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor, Lighthouse Inlet, and Morris Island. The bulk of the material depicts scenes from the siege of Charleston, particularly of Folly and Morris Islands. Included are views of various artillery batteries used and army buildings. The photographs were thought to have been taken by Lt. Philip Haas and Mr. Washington Peale, whose personal histories are unknown. The collection was acquired in 1912 by William P. Palmer for the Western Reserve Historical Society. |
| PG Number | PG 442 |
| Location: | closed stacks |
| Language: | The records are in English |
The Haas and Peale Photographs, 1861-1865, consist of views of activities of the Union Army in South Carolina during the Civil War. Included are views of Folly Island, Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor, Lighthouse Inlet, and Morris Island. The bulk of the material depicts scenes from the siege of Charleston, particularly of Folly and Morris Islands. Included are views of various artillery batteries used and army buildings. The photographs were thought to have been taken by Lt. Philip Haas and Mr. Washington Peale, whose personal histories are unknown. The collection was acquired in 1912 by William Pendleton Palmer for the Western Reserve Historical Society. The collection includes 58 black and white photographs of varying sizes. It also includes 44 black and white glass plate negatives that measure 4.75 x 7.5 inches.
This collection will be useful to researchers studying the history of the American Civil War, particularly the activities of the Union Army in South Carolina. The collection includes scenes of Hilton Head and Beaufort, South Carolina; the blockade and siege of Charleston, South Carolina; and the occupation of St. Augustine, Florida. The bulk of material found in this collection depicts scenes from the seige of Charleston, particularly of Folly and Morris Islands, from which the artillery barrages of Confederate-held Fort Sumter, in Charleston Harbor, and Fort Wagner, on the mainland were mounted.
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
[Container ___, Folder ___ ] PG 442 Haas and Peale Photographs, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
The copy negatives in this collection were generated by Daniel Eldredge, whose extensive collection of Civil War material was purchased in 1912 by William Pendleton Palmer and donated to the Western Reserve Historical Society.
Haas and Peale Photographs 1861-1865 |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Folly Island, South Carolina, General Gillmore's headquarters 1863 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Folly Island, South Carolina, Lieutenant Colonel Hall 1863 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Folly Island, South Carolina, Lieutenant Colonel Hall, quarters, Provost Marshal-General of the Department 1863 | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Folly Island, South Carolina, post office, officers of General Gillmore's staff 1863 | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Folly Island, South Carolina, palmetto grove 1863 | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina August 13, 1963 | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina August 23, 1863 | |||||||||
| 1 | 8 | Lighthouse Inlet, South Carolina, gunboat "Commodore McDonough" 1863 | |||||||||
| 1 | 9 | Morris Island, South Carolina, Battery Brown 1863 | |||||||||
| 1 | 10 | Morris Island, South Carolina, Battery Brown, two 8-inch Parrott rifles (one bursted) [sic] 1863 | |||||||||
| 1 | 11 | Morris Island, South Carolina, Battery Hays, one 8-inch Parrott rifle, breaching battery against Sumter 1863 | |||||||||
| 1 | 12-14 | Morris Island, South Carolina, Battery Hays, seven thirty pounder Parrott rifles, against Wagner 1863 | |||||||||
| 1 | 15 | Morris Island, South Carolina, Battery Kirby, two 8-inch Sea Coast Mortars, against Sumter 1863 | |||||||||
| 1 | 16 | Morris Island, South Carolina, Battery Meade, two 100 pounder Parrott Rifles, breaching battery against Sumter 1863 | |||||||||
| 1 | 17 | Morris Island, South Carolina, Battery Reno, two 100 pounders, and one 8-inch Parrott Rifle, breaching battery against Sumter 1863 | |||||||||
| 1 | 18 | Morris Island, South Carolina, Battery Reynolds, five 10-inch Siege Mortars, against Wagner 1863 | |||||||||
| 1 | 19 | Morris Island, South Carolina, Battery Rosecrans, bursted gun [sic] 1863 | |||||||||
| 1 | 20 | Morris Island, South Carolina, Battery Rosecrans, three 100 pound Parrott Rifles, breaching battery against Sumter 1863 | |||||||||
| 1 | 21 | Morris Island, South Carolina, Battery Stevens, two 100 pounder parrott Rifles, breaching battery against Sumter 1863 | |||||||||
| 1 | 22 | Morris Island, South Carolina, Battery Strong, one 300 pound Parrott Rifle, breaching battery against Sumter 1863 | |||||||||
| 1 | 23 | Morris Island, South Carolina, Battery Weed, five 10-inch Siege Mortars, against Wagner 1863 | |||||||||
| 1 | 24 | Morris Island, South Carolina, Battery, Captain Ashcroft's, 12-pounder Napoleons, in 2nd Parallel 1863 | |||||||||
| 1 | 25 | Morris Island, South Carolina, Battery, Lieutenant Birchmeyer's, 12-pounder Wiards 1863 | |||||||||
| 1 | 26 | Morris Island, South Carolina, Battery, Henry's 1863 | |||||||||
| 1 | 27 | Morris Island, South Carolina, battery, one piece 1863 | |||||||||
| 1 | 28 | Morris Island, South Carolina, battery, 12 pounder howitzers, in Second Parallel 1863 | |||||||||
| 1 | 29 | Morris Island, South Carolina, battery, naval, two 80 pounder Whitworths, breaching battery against Sumter 1863 | |||||||||
| 1 | 30 | Morris Island, South Carolina, two 8-inch Parrott Rifles, breaching battery against Sumter 1863 | |||||||||
| 1 | 31-32 | Morris Island, South Carolina, Beacon House 1863 | |||||||||
| 1 | 33 | Morris Island, South Carolina, bomb-proof 1863 | |||||||||
| 1 | 34 | Morris Island, South Carolina, bomb-proof, for telegraph operator in trenches 1863 | |||||||||
| 1 | 35 | Morris Island, South Carolina, bomb-proof, Fort Wagner 1863 | |||||||||
| 1 | 36 | Morris Island, South Carolina, Charleston Lighthouse, ruins 1863 | |||||||||
| 1 | 37 | Morris Island, South Carolina, First Parallel 1863 | |||||||||
| 1 | 38 | Morris Island, South Carolina, Fort Putnam, formerly Confederate Battery Gregg 1863 | |||||||||
| 1 | 39 | Morris Island, South Carolina, Fort Putnam, 30 pounder Parrott Rifles 1863 | |||||||||
| 1 | 40 | Morris Island, South Carolina, Flying Sap 1863 | |||||||||
| 1 | 41 | Morris Island, South Carolina, General Gillmore and staff 1863 | |||||||||
| 1 | 42 | Morris Island, South Carolina, headquarters, Field Officer of the Trenches, Second Parallel 1863 | |||||||||
| 1 | 43 | Morris Island, South Carolina, Parrott Rifle, 300 pounder 1863 | |||||||||
| 1 | 44 | Morris Island, South Carolina, Parrott Rifle, 300 pounder, after bursting 1863 | |||||||||
| 1 | 45 | Morris Island, South Carolina, Swamp Angel, after bursting 1863 | |||||||||
| 1 | 46 | Morris Island, South Carolina, unidentified quarters 1863 | |||||||||
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| 2 | Glass negatives to prints in folders 1 through 22 (23 is lacking) 1863 | ||||||||||
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| 3 | Glass negatives to prints in folders 24 through 46 (25 and 26 lacking) and 1 unidentified negative 1863 ca. 1861-1865 | ||||||||||