Photo of famous South Carolinian Robert Smalls, who during the Civil War stole the CSS Planter in Charleston and took it with several confederate documents to Abraham Lincoln. He later became a SC Representative during reconstruction. Photo taken sometime between 1870 to 1880. [433×676]
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Ronk1962
His story is amazing. Better than fiction. Definitely worth a Google search.
tallyrand
Great photo!
Photo Mathew Brady/Levin Corbin Handy
Source at the Library of Congress
Brady-Handy Collection