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

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Description: 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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Date: 1863
Call number: photOV 10101
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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.

photOV 10100

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 Cavalliere taken from Central Sap, Port Hudson, La

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A view of the Cavalliere at Port Hudson, Louisiana, across a gentle slope covered in broken trees and brush. The cavalliere is in the center of the image, and consists primarily of a small fortification built with barrels (or round bales of cotton) and stones.

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Partial artillery squad in a Union redoubt, Fortress Rosecrans, Murfreesboro, Tenn

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Photograph of an artillery unit repositioning a gun. Four men with levers are around the gun; standing behind observing is a sergeant and an officer. The officer has his sword drawn.

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Monument honoring the 1st New York Artillery, Battery D

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Image of the monument to Battery D of the 1st New York Light Artillery, Artillery Brigade, Third Corps. Monument consists of a large block finished on the front, rough hewn on the sides. On the front is a wheel, behind which are crossed ramrods, and on either side cannon. The photograph has been affixed to a card with the photographer's signature and "Gettysburg, Pa." printed in gold lettering at the bottom.

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

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