Fortifications, Port Hudson, LA
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.1299 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 barrel-lined fortifications running into the distance. Numeric notation on recto: "767" and measurements of photo: "6 1/2, [illegible] 5"." Numeric notations on verso: "767," "2962-15" and "223A." Inscriptions on verso: "Port Hudson view of central [illegible] toward Sweenies works" and "live [illegible] War."
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