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English: Charlestonian photographer, George S. Cook, took action shots on Sept. 8, 1863 during the Union bombardment of Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie. Having climbed to the top of the parapet of Fort Sumter, he photographed the USS Weekawken, USS Montauk and USS Passaic (at a range of approximately 2 miles) while they fired on Fort Moultrie. Cook's presence on the parapet drew the fire of Union artillery on Morris Island and Cook saw a shell pass close to him and then another knocked his plate holder into the water cistern. He paid a soldier five dollars to retrieve it and was ordered to get down.
Date Taken on 8 September 1863 (published 1911)
Source File from The Photographic History of The Civil War in Ten Volumes: Volume One, The Opening Battles. The Review of Reviews Co., New York. 1911. p. 24.
Author
George S. Cook (1819–1902)  wikidata:Q5544144
 
George S. Cook
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pseudonym: Geo. S. Cook; George Smith Cook; G. S. Cook
Description American photographer and photographer
Date of birth/death 23 February 1819 Edit this at Wikidata 27 November 1902 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Stratford Edit this at Wikidata Bel Air Edit this at Wikidata
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Charleston (1849–1880); Richmond (1880–) Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q5544144

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