These stately antebellum homes line the northern edge of Charleston’s famous White Point Garden, an area generally called the “battery.” The Confederate bombardment of Fort Sumter in Charleston’s harbor launched the American Civil War and rattled the windowpanes of these elegant mansions. I abstract the buildings by featuring only their ornate layers of railings, arches and fences, using a medium 100mm telephoto lens to compress them into rhythmic patterns that symbolize this era.