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Bombproof, Port Hudson, LA

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.1290 Author/Creator: Place Written: Port Hudson, Louisiana Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 photograph 8.3 x 8.6 cm Order a Copy

The image shows a large bombproof fortification with debris from shell damage. Numeric notation on image: "759" and height measurement: "4." Inscription on image: "From J. C. Palfrey." Numeric notation on verso: "215B" and "2962-15." Inscription on verso: "Port Hudson," "Interior of Citadel," "[illegible'] War" and "MES."

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