- GLC#
- GLC05111.01.0095-View header record
- Type
- Images
- Date
- 1863
- Author/Creator
- French & Co.
- Title
- Courthouse showing the [illegible] marks recieved by it during the Siege
- Place Written
- Vicksburg, Mississippi
- Pagination
- 1 albumen print Height: 30.5 cm, Width: 25.2 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
A print of a photograph of the Old Courthouse of Warren County, in Vicksburg, MS. Title taken from inscription on recto. A group of emancipated enslaved people are gathered near a brick structure to the left of the court house. Union soldiers, cavalry, and an artillery gun can be seen surrounding the court house. Stamp of "French & Co., photographers, Vicksburg, Miss." on recto. Despite the claims of the title, there is very little damage present on the building itself. The building is still standing as of 2017 and is preserved as a museum.
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