[CIVIL WAR]. A group of 7 stereoviews of cannon and guns taken at Port Hudson, Louisiana, following the siege. [Baton Rouge, LA]: [McPherson & Oliver, attrib. ca 1863-1864].

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.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
Property from the Civil War and Militaria Collection of George Sanders of Albuquerque, New Mexico