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View of Cavalliere taken from Central Sap, 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 Battery of Indiana Artillery, Port Hudson, La

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