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Fortifications with trench, Port Hudson, LA

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.1291 Author/Creator: Place Written: Port Hudson, Louisiana Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 photograph 8.3 x 8.9 cm Order a Copy

The image shows wood-reinforced fortifications with a trench running through the middle of the photo. Inscription on verso: "[illegible] & approach to parallel."

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