The camera, that is:
Western Barracks and Parade, Fort Sumter, April 15, 1861 (Civil War Photograph File, PR 164)
Southern photographers took very few of the thousands of photographs that document the Civil War, especially as the war dragged on and union blockades cut off Southern access to the necessary photographic supplies. However, with the camera, no less than the cannon, the South was the first to shoot.
Fort Sumter, April 15, 1861 (Civil War Photograph File, PR
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