This particular view shows the Port Hudson bluffs, looking downriver. Battery No. 11, known as the Citadel, was the southernmost battery in the Confederate defenses, and can be seen in the upper left side of the photograph.

“West views from Port Hudson” is written in ink on the back of this stereoview.

Stereoview by Unknown Photographer

Images Courtesy Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield; WICR 31369