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Camp scene, Port Hudson, LA

The image shows three wooden buildings, surrounded by trees. In the foreground is a rudimentary foot bridge, with wagons in the background. Inscription on verso: "Port Hudson Mill!"

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Camp scene with Church, Port Hudson, LA

The image shows a small camp scene, with A-frame tents in the left background, and a white wooden church. Various soldiers are scattered throughout the scene. Inscription on verso: "Port Hudson" and "Church."

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River fortifications with cannon, Port Hudson, LA

The image shows one large cannon, a stock of cannonballs and fortifications. There is a river in the background, and one can see the legs of a man sitting on the right edge of the photo. Numeric notation on verso: "743/10." Inscription on verso:...

GLC05111.01.1274

Destroyed cannon, Port Hudson, LA

The image show a close up of the wreckage of a destroyed cannon. Numeric notation on recto: "761" and measurements of photo: "3 1/8" "2 5/8." Numeric notation on verso: "761," "217C," "G9733-12," and "L9." Inscription on verso: "Fort [sic] Hudson"...

GLC05111.01.1275

18th New York Artillery with cannon and fortifications, Port Hudson, LA

The image shows the 18th New York artillery standing behind fortifications with cannon. Inscription on verso: "Port Hudson," "Capt. Mack's Battery #10" and "Collection of Americana Frederick H. Meserve 265 Edgecombe Avenue New York City."

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Naval battery with cannon and soldiers, Port Hudson, LA

The image shows approximately eleven soldiers with four cannon and fortifications. Numeric notation on image: "765" and measurements of photo: "6 1/2" and "7." Numeric notations on verso: "219," "765" and "246215." Inscription on verso: "Port Hudson...

GLC05111.01.1277

River fortification with guns, Port Hudson, LA

The image shows the bank of a river with fortifications and a gun. Numeric notation on image: "797," and measurements of photo: "6 1/2" and "6"." Numeric notation on verso: "210" "797" "175" and "G9733-12." Inscription on verso: "To [illegible] guns...

GLC05111.01.1278

Captain Grimsby's [?] Battery, Port Hudson, LA

The image shows a large group of soldiers behind a battery with two cannon. Inscription on verso: "Port Hudson," "Capt. Grimsby's Battery" and "Collection of Americana Frederick H. Meserve 265 Edgecombe Avenue New York City."

GLC05111.01.1279

Captain Cox's Battery, Port Hudson, LA

The image shows approximately thirteen soldiers behind a battery with one cannon. Numeric notation on recto: "766" and measurements of photo: "6 1/2" and "7 high." Numeric notations on verso: "8," "766," "221" and "296275." Inscription on verso:...

GLC05111.01.1280

Bomb scene, Port Hudson, LA

The image shows three soldiers standing amid extensive bomb damage. Cannon and fortifications lie in ruins. Inscription on verso: "Port Hudson."

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Captain Bainbridge's Battery, Port Hudson, LA

Image shows a large battery with approximately thirteen soldiers and four cannons visible. Inscription on verso: "Port Hudson" and "Capt. Bainbridge's Battery #7."

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Wooden house with two chimneys, Port Hudson, LA

The image shows a two-storey wooden house with two chimneys and a wooden front porch. Inscription on verso: "Fort [sic] Hudson."

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Cannon with fortifications, Port Hudson, LA

The image shows a cannon with its fortifications. Inscription on verso: "View of interior of [cut off] Port [cut off]" and "Collection of Americana Frederick H. Meserve 265 Edgecombe Avenue New York City."

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Rebel gun with fortifications, Port Hudson, LA

Image shows a cannon with fortifications. Inscription on verso: "Rebel Gun on the river front--" and "Port Hudson."

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Fortifications with crates of supplies, Port Hudson, LA

The image shows a flag pole to the right, with a large stack of supply crates and fortifications. Inscription on verso: "Port Hudson Flag [illegible] in 50 Gun battery."

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River fortification, Port Hudson, LA

The image shows a view up river along fortifications. A-frame tents sit along the bank. Numeric notation on recto: "865" and measurement of photo: "4 1/2"." Numeric notations on verso: "179" "757" and "2559-1." Inscription on verso: "Port Hudson...

GLC05111.01.1287

Bomb scene, Port Hudson, LA

The image shows two wooden buildings with extensive bomb damage. Inscription on verso: "Fort [sic] Hudson."

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Cannon with fortification, Port Hudson, LA

Image shows a cannon with fortifications. Inscription on image: "From J.C. Palfrey." Inscription on verso: "Fort [sic] Hudson."

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Bombproof, Port Hudson, LA

The image shows a large bombproof fortification with debris from shell damage. Numeric notation on image: "759" and height measurement: "4." Inscription on image: "From J. C. Palfrey." Numeric notation on verso: "215B" and "2962-15." Inscription on...

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Fortifications with trench, Port Hudson, LA

The image shows wood-reinforced fortifications with a trench running through the middle of the photo. Inscription on verso: "[illegible] & approach to parallel."

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Church scene, Port Hudson, LA

The image shows a white wooden church with A-frame tents in the background, and a horse at rest on the left-hand edge of the photo. Inscription on verso: "Port Hudson" and "Church."

GLC05111.01.1292

Bomb-damaged river gun, Port Hudson, LA

The image shows two men standing near the debris of a damaged cannon with fortifications and a river in the background. Inscription on verso: "Seenie's River Gun" and "Port Hudson."

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Grain mill, Port Hudson, LA

The image shows a one-storey grain mill with a horse and a cart near the building's entrance on the right edge of the photo. Inscription on verso: "Port Hudson mill in which the garrison ground their corn."

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Confederate fortifications with bomb debris, Port Hudson, LA

The image shows extensive fortifications with scattered barrels and debris. Two figures rest on top of a large wall inside an A-frame tent. Inscription on verso: "Confederate line with one parallel beyond it" and "Port Hudson."

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Cannon with fortifications, Port Hudson, LA

Image shows a cannon mounted on a revolving turret with fortifications in the background. Inscription on verso: "Port Hudson."

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