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This photograph of Broad Street, in Charleston, South Carolina, taken in 1865, shows the devastation of the South following the Civil War.

Ruins of the Pinckney Mansion - Charleston, SC, 1865

Ruins of the Railroad Depot - Charleston, SC, 1865

Ruins of Cathedral of St. John and St. Finbar and Secession Hall - Charleston, SC, 1865

The ruins of Mills House and nearby buildings. A shell-damaged carriage and the remains of a brick chimney are in the foreground - Charleston, SC, 1865

St. Michael's Church - Charleston, SC, 1865

The Post Office (Old Exchange and Custom House, 122 East Bay) - Charleston, SC, 1865

Archibald McLeish's Vulcan Iron Works and Other Houses on Cumberland Street - Charleston, SC, 1865

View from the Roof of the Orphan Asylum, the Citadel in Middle Distance - Charleston, SC, 1865

Site of the Night Attack at Fort Sumter on September 8, 1863 - Charleston, SC

Palmetto Reinforcements on the Channel Side of Fort Sumter - Charleston, SC, 1865

The Old Market House (188 Meeting Street) - Charleston, SC, 1865

View from Roof of the Mills House, Looking up Meeting Street; Ruins of the Circular Church in Center - Charleston, SC, April 1865

View of Meeting Street, Looking South Toward the Circular Church, the Mills House, and St. Michael's Church - Charleston, SC, 1865

Meeting Street, Near Broad; St. Michael's Church in Middle Distance - Charleston, SC, 1865

Cathedral of St. John and St. Finbar (View 1) - Charleston, SC, 1865

Roman Catholic Cathedral of St. John and St. Finbar Destroyed in the Fire of December 1861 (View 2) - Charleston, SC, 1865

Graveyard of the Ruined Circular Church - Charleston, SC, 1865

View of Ruins as seen from the Circular Church - Charleston, SC, 1865

Confederate Torpedoes, Shot, and Shell in the Arsenal Yard - Charleston, SC, 1865