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French & Co. [Artillery park in Vicksburg captured at its surrender with Methodist and Catholic Churchs behind]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0090 Author/Creator: French & Co. Place Written: Vicksburg, Mississippi Type: Photograph Date: 1863 Pagination: 1 albumen print Height: 29.5 cm, Width: 24.4 cm Order a Copy

A print of a photograph taken near Vicksburg, MS in 1863 after Confederate loss of the city to the Union Army. Inscription on verso: "One of the parks of artillery Vicksburg captured at its surrender Methodist Church in the front Catholic Church rear with high steeple." Photograph shows many artillery pieces and associated carts for transporting amunition and powder. Two large churches can be seen in the background along with a handful of other structures.

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