American Historical Ephemera and Photography

A group of 7 stereoviews taken following the Siege of Port Hudson, including: View of a Confederate gun on a wooden barbette carriage in the battery. -- A damaged gun. -- A damaged cannon and artillery. -- A section of Major Bayley's seventeen gun battery. -- Damaged weapons, fortifications, and a view of the river from the parapet inside Port Hudson. -- The barbette position at Port Hudson mounting a 10-in. Columbiad. -- A Confederate gun and artillery from inside Port Hudson overlooking the Mississippi River.

Together, 7 stereoviews. Although lacking studio imprints, the images were almost certainly taken by McPherson & Oliver of Baton Rouge, LA. Condition generally good, with some toning, light occasional spotting.

The Siege of Port Hudson, which lasted from 22 May - 9 July 1863, was the final engagement in the Union campaign to recapture the Mississippi River. When Confederate forces surrendered the garrison on 9 July, the entire Mississippi River was under Federal control, and the Confederacy was cut in two. 

Provenance: Acquired from the great grandson of Union General Edward Griffin Beckwith (1818-1881) (consignor relates). Beckwith commanded the defenses of New Orleans from August 1863 - January 1864, after the fall of New Orleans in 1862.