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Captain Cox's Battery, Port Hudson, LA

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.1280 Author/Creator: Place Written: Port Hudson, Louisiana Type: Photograph Date: Pagination: 1 photograph 8.3 x 8.6 cm Order a Copy

The image shows approximately thirteen soldiers behind a battery with one cannon. Numeric notation on recto: "766" and measurements of photo: "6 1/2" and "7 high." Numeric notations on verso: "8," "766," "221" and "296275." Inscription on verso: "Lines [illegible] War" and "Port Hudson Capt. Cox's Battery."

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