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Soldiers at gun battery, Port Hudson, LA

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.1265 Author/Creator: Place Written: Port Hudson, Louisiana Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 photograph 8.6 x 8.6 cm Order a Copy

The image shows approximately six soldiers and four cannon in a battery with woods in the distance. Inscription on verso: "Port Hudson battery A 3rd US. Artillery Capt. E.C. Bainbridge" and "MES."

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