“Rebel guns after the surrender” is written on the back of this stereoview. Stereoview by Unknown Photographer Images Courtesy Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield; WICR 31361

“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

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

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

“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

“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

“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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...