Stereoview Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-stereo-1s04327 (digital file from original item, front) LC-DIG-stereo-2s04327 (digital file from original item, back)
Photograph shows Captain Coxe's battery preparing to engage the Confederates at Port Hudson, during the siege in 1863. The cotton on the ground was used to protect the cannoneers.