“Rebel gun bearing upon the river” is written on the back of this stereoview. Stereoview by Unknown Photographer Images Courtesy Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield; WICR 31366
Siege of Port Hudson, La.
Siege of Port Hudson, La.
“View of some of the ‘rat holes’ where the rebels took shelter from the fire of our batteries” is written on the back of this stereoview. Stereoview by Unknown Photographer Images Courtesy Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield; WICR 31362
Siege of Port Hudson, La.
This particular view shows the “Priest Cap,” the northernmost point in the Confederate defenses. “Rebel works in foreground & ours in the distance” is written in ink on the back of this stereoview. Stereoview by Unknown Photographer Images Courtesy Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield; WICR 31363
Siege of Port Hudson, La.
This view shows Confederate “rat holes” at Battery No. 11, known as the Citadel, the southernmost battery at Port Hudson. Stereoview by Unknown Photographer Images Courtesy Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield; WICR 31364
Siege of Port Hudson, La.
“No. 20, 4 inch Parrott guns” and “North side view from Port Hudson” is written in ink on this stereoview. Stereoview by Unknown Photographer Images Courtesy Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield; WICR 31365
Siege of Port Hudson, La.
“Port Hudson, La.” is written on the back of this stereoview. This image appears to be a similar view to the stereoview entitled “Rebel gun Bearing upon the river.” Stereoview by Unknown Photographer Images Courtesy Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield; WICR 31367
Siege of Port Hudson, La.
Francis Miller’s Photographic History of the Civil War (1911) describes this gun as “mounted in the camp of Duryea’s and Bainbridge’s Batteries. These works were garrisoned by the Fifteenth Arkansas Confederate Infantry.” “Disabled Rebel 24 pounder in Port Hudson” is written in ink on the back of this stereoview. Stereoview by Unknown Photographer Images Courtesy Wilson’s Creek ...
Siege of Port Hudson, La.
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 ...
Siege of Port Hudson, La.
This view shows “Fort Desperate,” a portion of the fortifications defended by the 15th Arkansas Infantry. The 12-pounder howitzer in the foreground was disabled at the beginning of the siege. “Rebel gun dismounted in the works when the 12th Maine charged them on the 27th of May ‘63” is written in ink on ...
Siege of Port Hudson, La.
“View of the river—a part of our camp in the foreground and Port Hudson in the distance,” is handwritten on the front of the stereoview. “This photograph, titled ‘Confederate forts that held the steep river banks at Port Hudson, 1863,’ is shown in Miller’s Photographic History of the Civil War (1911), 2: 179,’” is ...
Signal Corps Quarters, Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
Undated photograph of the Signal Corps Quarters at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Fort Leavenworth is located in northeast Kansas, just west of Kansas City; built in 1827, it is the oldest active military installation west of the Missouri River. During the Civil War, Leavenworth was used as a mustering and training area for Kansas ...
Simons, Henry A.
Henry Simons of Holton, Kansas, a native of Oswego, New York, enlisted in Company A, 5th Kansas Cavalry on July 16, 1861, at Leavenworth, Kansas. He was promoted to second lieutenant on November 11, 1862, and assigned to Company E. The 5th Kansas Cavalry fought in the 1863 battles of Helena and Pine Bluff, and ...
Simpson, Samuel P.
Samuel Simpson was born on December 7, 1830, in St. Louis, Missouri; with the outbreak of the Civil War, he enlisted as a first lieutenant and served as adjutant of the 3rd U. S. Reserve Corps, Missouri Infantry. Promoted to lieutenant colonel of the 12th Missouri State Militia Cavalry in April 1862, Simpson resigned ...
Slingerland, Abraham
Abraham Slingerland enlisted on October 8, 1861, at Carthage, Illinois, and was mustered into the 7th Missouri Cavalry (also known as the Black Hawk Cavalry) on December 31, 1861, as a bugler. On January 1, 1863, he was promoted to second lieutenant and assigned to Company M. Promoted to first lieutenant on October ...
