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Surrender of Port Hudson, La. July 8th 1863

Description: 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.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: ©1863
Call number: priJLC_MIL_000948
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005. This collection forms part of the Jay T. Last collection of graphic arts and social history, which was donated to the Huntington Library by Jay T. Last in 2005 as a gift in progress. The bulk of the view prints were transferred to the Library between 2010 and 2012.

View of Battery of Indiana Artillery, Port Hudson, La

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A view behind the lines of one of the Indiana Artillery regiments in Fort Hudson, Louisiana. There are tree stumps and rope-enclosed areas in the foreground, with artillery and sheltered areas surrounded by earthworks, sandbags, and circular bales of cotton. Union soldiers are standing around, mostly facing the guns on either side of the image.

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View of Cap. Mac's battery, Port Hudson, La

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A view behind the lines of the 18th New York Artillery Independent Battery in Fort Hudson, Louisiana. An area has been cleared out of the forest, leaving an open space which has guns lined across the width of the image, behind sandbags and round bales of cotton. There are Union soldiers, under the command of Captain Albert G. Mack, standing behind the line of artillery.

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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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Experience of the 9th Mass. Battery at Gettysburg, Penn. July, 1863. Captain Bigelow commanding

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Image of five vignettes depicting a progression of battlefield scenes between the Union 9th Massachusetts Light Artillery Battery and Confederate soldiers in the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War; men on foot and mounted on horses are shown attacking, carrying wounded, around a cook fire, and leaving the battlefield; scenes are captioned, "Opening engagement," Retiring with prolonge," "Shelled out," "Position on the 3rd and 4th July," and "Leaving the field, July 5th."

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The surrender of General Lee : and his entire army to Lieut. General U.S. Grant, April 9th 1865

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Image of the surrender of Confederate General Robert E. Lee to Union General Ulysses S. Grant, with both men in military uniform standing before a large tree in the foreground, and soldiers on horseback in the immediate background, with troops and a military camp in a field with hills and the village of Appomattox, Virginia, in the distance.

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Battle of Olustee, Fla

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Image of the American Civil War Battle of Olustee in Florida under Union Brigadier General Truman Seymour and Confederate Brigadier General Joseph Finnegan; Union soldiers in formation attack Confederate troops in the distance; men also visible manning artillery or riding on horseback; wounded and dead soldiers litter the ground.

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Surrender of Port Hudson, La. July 8th 1863

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