The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.

Monday, August 17, 2015

Shorpy Goes to War: Casualty of War: Church Destroyed By British and Then By Sherman

From June 13, 2015, Shorpy "Casualty of War: 1938."

Prince William's Church--Sheldon Church (ruins).

Sheldon, Beaufort County, S.C..  The building dated of 1753 and destroyed by the British Army in 1779.  rebuilt in 1826 upon the former church.  In 1865, it was destroyed by Sherman's Army.

8 X 10 inch acetate negative by Francis Benjamin Johnston.

--Old Secesh

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