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The photo shows tents and soldiers on the beach of Morris Island. In the distance, ironclads, including USS New Ironsides and five monitor-class warships are in action against Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie in Charleston harbor. (Source: 99 Historic Images of Civil War Charleston, ed. by Garry Adelman, John Richter, and Bob Zeller, Center for Civil War Photography, 2009, p. 18). LOC LC-DIG-cwpb-04748 (digital file from original neg.)