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Brooks & Blauvelt (photographer) [Guard of colored soldiers at parade rest]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06217 Author/Creator: Brooks & Blauvelt (photographer) Place Written: Port Hudson, Louisiana Type: Photograph Date: 1864 ca. Pagination: 1 carte de visite ; 6.2 x 9.6 cm. Order a Copy

Black soldiers, Union forces occupying last Confederate fort on Mississippi River. Imprint of Brooks & Blauvelt, Port Hudson

Brooks & Blauvelt (photographer)

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