Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
View of Cavalliere taken from Central Sap, Port Hudson, La
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Visual Materials
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
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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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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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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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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Image of African American men sitting on a dock along a levee dancing, singing, playing music on a banjo, and playing cards in the foreground with a bustling port in the background showing horse-drawn wagons, cargo in barrels, crates, and bales being unloaded from steamboats lined up along the Mississippi River, including ones presumably named "Jacob Strader" and "Memphis"; some warehouses appear to say "St. Paul."
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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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