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One soldier at Confederate fortifications, Port Hudson, LA

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.1267 Author/Creator: Place Written: Port Hudson, Louisiana Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 8.3 cm, Width: 8.6 cm Order a Copy

The image shows a single soldier standing on fortifiations with woods in the distance. Numeric notation on recto: "756" and measurements of photo: "4 1/8 square." Numeric notations on verso: "213B," "756" and "2962-15." Inscription on verso: "Confed. fortifications," "Point of attack [cut off] background, by man's he[cut off] the sandbags in the foregrou [cut off]," "live [illegible" War," "MES," "Port Hudson" and "Enemy's works at [cut off] -udson."

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