"The Confederates had only field pieces with which to defend their works...battered guns...were mounted in the camp of Duryea's and Bainbridge's battery..."
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South view from Port Hudson
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Reb. 24 pounder, disabled inside Port Hudson
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Rebel gun bearing upon the river
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Rebel gun bearing upon the river
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Rebel ordnance storehouse riddled by our artillery
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Rebel works & "rat holes" [in which] they took shelter from fire
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View of Sumter 1865
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30 lb. parrot battery before Port Hudson
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[Detritus of war within the earthworks after the surrender of the Confederates at Port Hudson, Louisiana]
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East view from Port Hudson
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[Union sailors preparing to engage the Confederates at Battery 10 during the siege in May and June of 1863, Port Hudson, Louisiana]
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Fine view of Port Hudson taken at midnight
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"Last strong hold on the Mississippi"
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[Damage to Confederate fortifications at Port Hudson after the siege]
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Gen'l Weitzel's hdqtrs before Port Hudson
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In the background is the "17 gun Union Battery"...In the foreground is shown the interior of the right flank defences of the rebel works...
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View of laborers preparing cotton for gins, on Alex. Knox's plantation, Mount Pleasant, near Charleston, S.C.
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View of the old homestead on Alex. Knox's plantation, Mount Pleasant, near Charleston, S.C.
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Interior of Sumter, 1864(i.e. 1863) - furnace, officer's barracks, half ruined walls and dismounted cannon
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Interior of Sumter, 1864(i.e. 1863) - soldeir's (i.e. soldier's) barracks in ruins
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Interior of Sumter, 1864(i.e. 1863) - ruined casements, making sand baggs (i.e. bags)
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Two monitors and Old Ironsides firing on Sumter
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View of stable on Alex. Knox's plantation, Mount Pleasant, near Charleston, S.C.
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Front of saw mill and box factory on Alex. Knox's plantation, Mount Pleasant, near Charleston, S.C.
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View of store and ginning mills on Alex. Knox's plantation, Mount Pleasant, near Charleston, S.C.
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Interior view of ginning mills ginning sea island cotton, on Alex. Knox's plantation, Mount Pleasant, near Charleston, S.C.
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View of cottage on Alex. Knox's plantation, Mount Pleasant, near Charleston, S.C.
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Interior of Masonic Hall, Folly Island, S C.
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Headquarters of Gen. Gilmore (i.e. Gillmore), Folly Island, S.C.
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