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Naval battery with cannon and soldiers, Port Hudson, LA

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.1277 Author/Creator: Place Written: Port Hudson, Louisiana Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 8.3 cm, Width: 8.9 cm Order a Copy

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 Naval Battery 9" "guns" and "Lt. Terry of the Richmond Comdg [illegible]."

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