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Fortifications and a trench with bomb damage, Port Hudson, LA

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.1312 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 fortifications with a cannon in ruins and other debris lying in a trench. Inscription on verso: "Fort [sic] Hudson."

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