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Fortifications with battle debris, Port Hudson, LA
circa 1861-1865
The image shows the edge of fortifications with battle debris scattered throughout the photo. Inscription on verso: "Port Hudson Point of attack."
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Bomb-damaged fortifications with cannon, Port Hudson, LA
The image shows fortifications with extensive bomb damage, and cannon in the foreground. Inscription on verso: "Fort [sic] Hudson."
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Bomb scene, Port Hudson, LA
The image shows fortifications with heavy bomb damage. A cannon and a wagon rest in the debris. Inscription on verso: "Port Hudson."
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Cannon with fortifications, Port Hudson, LA
The image shows a large cannon with cannonballs in the foreground and fortifications in the distance. Inscription on verso: "Port Hudson."
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The image shows stone wall fortifications with a single cannon in the center of the photo, and woods in the distance. Inscription on verso: "Port Hudson."
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Ruins of fortifications and cannon, Port Hudson, LA
The image shows extensive destruction to fortifications. A cannon lies in ruins in the foreground. Inscriptions on verso: "Rebel work in Camp of Duryea's and Bainbridge's Batteries garrisoned by 15th Arkansas" and "MES."
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Two cannons, one in ruins, Port Hudson, LA
The image shows two cannons, one in the foreground intact, and one in the distance in ruins. Woods cover the background. Inscription on verso: "Port Hudson" and "MES."
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The image shows three soldiers resting amid fortifications and a cannon. Inscription on image: "From J. C. Palfrey." Inscription on verso: "Fort [sic] Hudson."
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Fortifications with river, Port Hudson, LA
The image shows four figures in the distance resting amid fortifications and bombproofs. A steamship is on the river in the distance. Inscription on verso: "Port Hudson Mid & Sweenie's line down the river- called by our men 'the Citadel.'"
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Fortifications and a trench with bomb damage, Port Hudson, LA
The image shows fortifications with a cannon in ruins and other debris lying in a trench. Inscription on verso: "Fort [sic] Hudson."
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Two soldiers with cannon, Port Hudson, LA
The image shows one man on horseback and one man standing with a cannon in the center of the photo. Inscription on verso: "Fort [sic] Hudson."
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One soldier with a cannon and fortifications, Port Hudson, LA
The image shows one man standing to the left of a cannon and fortifications. Inscription on verso: "Port Hudson."
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West Portico view of front of Capitol [stereocard]
1874/05/02
Bassett, F.S., fl. 1874
Inscription on verso: "Washington City Views. No. 2989. North front of the Capitol, from the West Portico."
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Ruins of the Blair House at Silver Spring, Maryland.
Inscription on verso: "Ruins of Mr. Blairs House." The burned-out remains of the Blair House. Numeric notation on verso: "28."
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Emmitsburg, Maryland, with fields in foreground rising up to the town.
July 1862 ca.
Inscription on verso: "Emmetsburg [sic], Maryland." Some buildings are seen to be intact while others are in ruins. Numeric notation on verso: "48."
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100-year-old Oak tree.
Inscription on verso: "Oak tree-supposed to be 100 yrs old." Numeric notation on verso: "72."
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Lutheran Church in Sharpsburg, Maryland, showing battle damage.
21-22 September 1862 ca.
Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882
Inscription on verso: "Lutheran Church Sharpsburg, Maryland." The church shows the scars of battle suffered from artillery fire on 17 September 1862. Numeric notation on verso: "134."
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Dead Confederate soldiers and artillery horses on Antietam battlefield, near Dunker Church.
19 September 1862
Inscription on verso: "View of Battlefield at Antietam." Dead Confederates and their horses lie in scattered clusters. An abandoned limber and a Federal burial party [far right] can also be seen in the background. Numeric notation on verso: "24."
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Antietam battlefield, with Federal soldier surveying the field with binoculars from atop a hill, near McClellan's headquarters.
18 September 1862
Inscription on verso: "Battlefield-Antietam." Soldier looks over the battlefield the day after the battle, showing reserve artillery stationed on the left side of the image and a Federal soldiers bivouacked on the right. Numeric notation on verso:...
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View of the hills around Sharpsburg, Maryland, with the Antietam Creek cutting between them.
September 1862 ca.
Inscription on verso: "View in Antietam." Numeric notation on verso: "81."
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Dunker Church at Antietam battlefield, taken after battle damage has been repaired.
Inscription on verso: "Dunkar[d] Church (Antietam)." Numeric notation on verso: "45(916)."
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Dunker Church at Antietam battlefield, with dead artillery horse.
Inscription on verso: "Dunker[d] Church." Variant view of Dunker Church. In other views, the bodies of Confederate soldiers can be seen piled together amongst horse carcases and an abandoned limber. Numeric notation on verso: "48."
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Hall St., Sharpsburg, Maryland, with St. Paul's Episcopal Church in the distance and Gardner's photographic wagon in foreground.
Inscription on verso: "Sharpsburg-Episcopal Church in distance." View down a road in the town of Sharpsburg, with a house visible to the right and left of the road, and an Episcopal church in the distance. Numeric notation on verso: "38."
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Main St., Sharpsburg, Maryland, with St. Paul's Episcopal Church in the distance.
Inscription on verso: "Principal Street in Sharpsburg." Main Street stetches down a hill and then back up again toward the woods where Gen. Lee's headquarters were located oods far into the distance. Numeric notation on verso: "49."
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Smith's Farm in Keedysville, Virginia, at the field hospital of French's division.
20 September 1862 ca.
Inscription on verso: "Smith's Farm-Reedsville [sic], Va." Image of a large barn, surrounded by piles of hay and farming implements. A group of six people can be seen on the lower left of the image, and a pair of horses stands next to an artillery...
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