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River fortification, Port Hudson, LA

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.1287 Author/Creator: Place Written: Port Hudson, Louisiana Type: Photograph Date: 1863 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 8.9 cm, Width: 8.3 cm Order a Copy

The image shows a view up river along fortifications. A-frame tents sit along the bank. Numeric notation on recto: "865" and measurement of photo: "4 1/2"." Numeric notations on verso: "179" "757" and "2559-1." Inscription on verso: "Port Hudson 1863 Looking up the River from on left bank."

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