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La Porte in June
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The William H. Helfand Collection contains more than 7,000 European and American prints and ephemera relating to health professions including medical, dental, and mental wellness. The materials date from the 1490s to the early 21st century and contain many social and political cartoons that satirize health practices and practitioners. Noted illustrators represented include French artists Honore Daumier, Gustave Dore, J. J. Grandville, and Emile Vernier; British caricaturists Thomas Rowlandson, George Cruikshank, and James Gillray; and the American cartoonist Thomas Nast.
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Surrender of Port Hudson, La. July 8th 1863
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Image of Union and Confederate officers on horseback meeting as Union General Nathaniel P. Banks accepts the surrender of Port Hudson, Louisiana, during the American Civil War; guns are stacked by Confederate soldiers and a Confederate flag is gathered at left; artillery unit and soldiers line the coastline in background.
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View of Cap. Bainbridge's battery, Port Hudson, La
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A view behind the lines of the United States 1st Artillery in Fort Hudson, Louisiana. An area has been cleared out of the forest, leaving an open space which has guns lined along the right side. There are Union soldiers, under the command of Captain Edmund C. Bainbridge, standing and sitting near the artillery. There are circular bales of cotton on the left, one of which has broken open.
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View of Cap. Coxe's battery, Port Hudson, La
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A view behind the lines of the 1st Indiana Heavy Artillery in Fort Hudson, Louisiana. An area has been cleared out of the forest, leaving an open space which has at least one gun in the center, surrounded by standing Union soldiers under the command of either Captain Clayton Cox (1842-1866) or Captain Chambers Cox (1840-1866). The men and artillery are standing behind an earthwork reinforced with circular bales of cotton. It is cotton from these bales that is littering the ground, looking like snow.
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