E.W. Sinclair 1862-1864 View on Smith Plantation, near Beaufort, S.C.
Stereoview Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-stereo-1s04463 (digital file from original item, front) LC-DIG-stereo-2s04463 (digital file from original item, back)
Photographed by E.W. Sinclair, for Sam. A. Cooley, photographer Tenth Army Corps.
Photograph shows a group of men and women standing on the road in front of John Joyner Smith's cotton plantation in Port Royal, South Carolina. Four African American children stand in the field behind them. From November 1862 to January 1863, the house was used as Union Camp Saxton, and was the location of Emancipation Day activities on January 1, 1863.
