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re: Civil War photos
Posted on 3/31/15 at 3:01 pm to JustGetItRight
Posted on 3/31/15 at 3:01 pm to JustGetItRight
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I've stayed in the Mills House. It was pretty cool to see it in a photo from 150 years ago....
It's really amazing how they have been able to retain the original feel of that place all this time. I had a small hand in some of the tuck-pointing that was done some years ago and it was a remarkable undertaking at the time, both inside and out.
Here it is the day after the war ended:
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/Charleston_sc_1865.jpg)
Here it is now ...
![](https://www.glasssteelandstone.com/Images/US/SC/Charleston/200801/MillsHouseHotel-Jun08-004a.jpg)
Compare those two to the picture above but remember those pics are side-by-sides for the viewing apparatus of the day to give them the 3D effect.
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