[Union sailors preparing to engage the Confederates at Battery 10 during the siege in May and June of 1863, Port Hudson, Louisiana]

Fine view of Port Hudson taken at midnight

"Last strong hold on the Mississippi"

[Damage to Confederate fortifications at Port Hudson after the siege]

Gen'l Weitzel's hdqtrs before Port Hudson

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...