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Bombed fortifications, Port Hudson, LA

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.1298 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 extensive damage to fortifications with scattered debris and destroyed cannon. Numeric notation on image: "763" and measurements of photo: "3 1/8, Cut to 2 5/8." Numeric notations on verso: "763" "1962-15" and "Volume 10." Inscriptions on verso: "Port Hudson," "MES" and "[illegible] War."

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