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. Title handwritten on verso. vol 4, Framing the War, overleaf, p. 80 -- "powerful batteries like these 30-pounder Parrotts readied a devastating fire for the final assault when it should come. Port Hudson fell after Vicksburg; Confederates held on tight to this port town 25 mi. north of Baton Rouge. Fell on July 8, 1863. Cost the Union nearly 10,000 men -- dead, wounded or physically impaired from disease or exposure -- compared with Southern losses of 871.
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