G. H. SUYDAM COLLECTION
Mss. 1394
Inventory
Edited by
Mark E. Martin
Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections
Special Collections, Hill Memorial Library
Louisiana State University Libraries
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
2001 (Revised 2009)
CONTENTS OF INVENTORY
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Scope and Content Note |
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Index Terms |
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Image Descriptions |
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Container List |
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SUMMARY
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2 linear feet |
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Baton Rouge, La. |
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1845 - 1864. |
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1863-1864. |
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English |
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Summary. |
Twenty photographs taken between 1862 and 1863 show the state capital of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, under occupation by Union forces. These photographs of street scenes, buildings, Union naval vessels, and Union army encampments are among the very earliest photographic views of Baton Rouge known to exist. The collection also contains two newspapers and loose pages from various sources. |
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Gift |
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No restrictions. |
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Copyright. |
Physical rights are retained by the LSU Libraries. Copyright of the original materials is retained by descendants of the creators of the materials in accordance with U.S. copyright law. |
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Citation. |
G. H. Suydam Collection, Mss. 1394, Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections, LSU Libraries, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. |
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E:73; 99:Suydam; MISC:S |
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http://www.louisianadigitallibrary.org/index.php?name=G.%20H.%20Suydam%
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BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL NOTE
Captain G. H. Suydam, 162nd New York Volunteers Infantry, U.S. Army, collected various materials during the Civil War, some of which related to Louisiana. In 1954, Mr. G. H. Suydam, sent the North Carolina State Department of Archives and History the items included in this collection. In 1957 the North Carolina State Department of Archives and History donated the collection to LSU, less 2 Masonic pamphlets directly related to North Carolina.
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
The collection contains commercial photographs of twelve (12) scenes of Baton Rouge and eight (8) photographs of ships of the West Gulf Blockading Squadron (Admiral Farragut's fleet) on the Mississippi River at Baton Rouge. Captain G. H. Suydam of the 162nd New York Volunteers Infantry, U.S.A., secured these during his service with the Federal Army at Baton Rouge in the spring of 1863. Three (3) of the images have the McPherson and Oliver backstamp. Two (2) of the images may be ascribed to Andrew D. Lytle, Baton Rouge, La.
Most of the photographs have handwritten memoranda on the back (verso) identifying the images on the front (recto). These memoranda have been transcribed directly from the versos as titles for the images. Notes created in house have been used for any images without memoranda.
The collection also includes: a copy of the Natchitoches (La.) Union, January 29, 1863; a copy of The New Orleans Times, April 15, 1864; a copy of the Freemasons' Monthly Magazine, vol. IV, no. 8, June 1, 1845.
INDEX TERMS
Image Number = collection number/item number i.e. Mss. 1394, item 3a, = 1394003a
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Architecture, Gothic--Louisiana--Baton Rouge—Photographs |
1394003 1394005 |
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Armies--Officers—Photographs |
1394001 |
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Armored vessels--Louisiana--Baton Rouge—Photographs |
1394013a |
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Artillery battery—Photographs |
1394002 |
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Artillery men—Photographs |
1394001 |
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Artillery—Photographs |
1394002 |
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Baton Rouge (La.)—Photographs |
All images |
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Bird's-eye views—Photographs |
1394007 1394011 |
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Church Street (Baton Rouge, La.)—Photographs |
1394004 1394007 |
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Dwellings--Louisiana--Baton Rouge—Photographs |
1394004 |
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Essex (Ironclad)—Photographs |
1394013a |
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Florida Street (Baton Rouge, La.)—Photographs |
1394006 1394008 |
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Fort Williams (La.)—Photographs |
1394001 1394002 |
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Genese (Gunboat)—Photographs |
1394016b |
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Groups of people—Photographs |
1394009 |
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Louisiana--Capital and capitol—Photographs |
1394005 |
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McPherson & Oliver, photographers |
1394001 1394010 1394014a |
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McPherson, William D. |
1394001 1394010 1394014a |
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Methodist church buildings--Louisiana--Baton Rouge—Photographs |
1394007 |
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Military camps--Louisiana--Baton Rouge—Photographs |
1394006 1394011 |
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Mississippi (Frigate)—Photographs |
1394015 |
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Natchez (Wharfboat)—Photographs |
1394017 |
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Pike's Row (Baton Rouge, La.)—Photographs |
1394008 |
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Prisons--Louisiana--Baton Rouge—Photographs |
1394006 |
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Refugee camps--Louisiana--Baton Rouge—Photographs |
1394009 |
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Richmond (Sloop)—Photographs |
1394014a 1394014b |
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Sailors--United States—Photographs |
1394013b 1394014a |
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United States. Army--Artillery--Drill and tactics—Photographs |
1394002 |
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United States. Army--Headquarters—Photographs |
1394004 1394010 1394012 |
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United States. Navy. Gulf Coast Blockading Squadron—Photographs |
1394013a 1394013b 1394014a 1394014b 1394015 1394016a 1394016b 1394017 |
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United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865—Photographs |
All images |
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Waterfronts--Louisiana--Baton Rouge—Photographs |
1394012 1394013b 1394014b 1394016a 1394017 |
IMAGE DESCRIPTIONS
All images are albumen prints in the carte-de-visite studio card format (2.5” x 4.00”). See above for index terms.
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Number: 1394001 |
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Photographer: McPherson & Oliver, Baton Rouge |
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Date: circa 1863 |
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Title: Gun mounted on a mound in Fort William which used to be the cemetery for the officers of the regular army. |
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Notes: An army gun on the Indian mound in the northeastern part of the ground, not far from the powder magazine and the cemetery. The mound itself had served as a burial ground for officers of the post and their families as far back as the 1830s. [East, "Civil War Album," p. 50; |
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Number: 1394002 |
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Photographer: ascribed to McPherson & Oliver, Baton Rouge |
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Date: 1863 |
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Title: 18th NY battery Captain Fort Williams 1863. |
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Notes: A section of Captain Mack's battery during routine artillery training. [East, "Civil War Album," p. 54, 55.] |
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Number: 1394003 |
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Photographer: ascribed to McPherson & Oliver, Baton Rouge |
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Date: circa 1863 |
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Title: Deaf, Dumb, Blind Asylum Baton Rouge La Now used as a General Hospital. U.S.A. |
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Notes: In 1863, it served as a military hospital crowded with the sick and wounded. [East, "Civil War Album," p. 94, 95.] |
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Number: 1394004 |
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Photographer: ascribed to McPherson & Oliver, Baton Rouge |
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Date: circa 1863 |
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Title: General Dudley's Headquarters, Baton Rouge, La. |
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Notes: Before 1863, this was the home of Samuel M. Hart, a prominent citizen who had left the city the previous year. [East, "Civil War Album," p. 57, 59.] |
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Number: 1394005 |
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Photographer: ascribed to McPherson & Oliver, Baton Rouge |
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Date: circa 1863 |
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Title: State House, Baton Rouge, La. [r] Burned Dec 30th 1862 [v] |
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Notes: The State Capital building was used both to quarter soldiers and to hold confederate prisoners. Fire broke out in the building in the night and by daylight the landmark was a gutted ruin. It was rebuilt in the early 1880s. [East, "Civil War Album," p. 44, 45.] |
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Number: 1394006 |
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Photographer: ascribed to Lytle, A.D., Baton Rouge |
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Date: circa 1863 |
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Title: Front view State Penitentiary In foreground tents of Battery L 1st Artillery. |
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Notes: The building covered the entire block between Florida and Laurel, bounded on the west by St. Anthony (now North Seventh.) [East, "Civil War Album," text, p. 76, 77.] |
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Number: 1394007 |
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Photographer: ascribed to McPherson & Oliver, Baton Rouge |
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Date: 1863 |
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Title: Methodist Church Baton Rouge La, 1863. Where the concerts were held I wrote about. |
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Notes: The church with the steeple is the Methodist church. The building next to it is the Washington Fire Company, originally the City Hall. [East, "Civil War Album," p. 32, 33.] |
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Number: 1394008 |
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Photographer: ascribed to McPherson & Oliver, Baton Rouge |
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Date: circa 1863 |
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Title: Provost Marshall’s office. Baton Rouge, La. |
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Notes: In 1863 the Provost Marshal's office was in Pike's Row, which extended east on Florida Street along its north side from the corner of Third. [East, "Civil War Album," p. 56, 57.] |
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Number: 1394009 |
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Photographer: ascribed to McPherson & Oliver, Baton Rouge |
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Date: circa 1863 |
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Title: Contraband Camp formerly used as a Female Seminary. |
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Notes: The former slaves were housed and fed in the camps, and frequently given schooling in 1863. [East, "Civil War Album, p. 66, 67.] |
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Number: 1394010 |
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Photographer: McPherson & Oliver, Baton Rouge |
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Date:1863 |
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Title: General Augur's Headquarter, Spring 1863. Baton Rouge, La. |
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Notes: [East, "Civil War Album," image, p. 58.] |
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Number: 1394011 |
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Photographer: ascribed to Lytle, Andrew David, Baton Rouge |
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Date: circa 1863 |
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Title: Camp, 3rd brigade, Augur Div 19th Army corps. In background camp of 174th NYSV. In center camps of 2nd La & 30th Mass. In foreground battery C. 5th Regimental artillery. |
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Notes: The picture . . . was made in the spring of 1863 . . . taken from an upper story of the Heroman Building at the northwest corner of Florida and Church. [East, "Civil War Album," p. 31.] |
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Number: 1394012 |
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Photographer: ascribed to McPherson & Oliver, Baton Rouge |
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Date: March 9, 1863 |
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Title: Waterfront of Baton Rouge La. Steamer Empire Parrish Headquarters General Banks March 9th 1863. |
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Notes: [East, "Civil War Album," p. 54.] |
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Number: 1394013a |
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Photographer: ascribed to McPherson & Oliver, Baton Rouge |
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Date: circa 1862 |
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Title: Ironclad. Essex, Farragut's fleet. Mississippi River, La. |
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Notes: Originally a St Louis ferry boat, the largest on the Mississippi river, the Essex passed the Vicksburg batteries and reached Baton Rouge in July, 1862. It supported General Williams and his men when confederate forces attacked from the east on the morning of August 5, 1862. [East, "Civil War Album," p. 38, 39.] |
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Number: 1394013b |
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Photographer: ascribed to McPherson & Oliver, Baton Rouge |
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Date: circa 1863 |
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Title: Coal Heavers of the Essex--resting. |
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Notes: The Union fleet off the coaling yard at Baton Rouge in the summer of 1862. Farragut needed the coal he found here to keep his larger vessels operating. [East, "Civil War Album," p. 22, 23.] |
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Number: 1394014a |
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Photographer: McPherson & Oliver, Baton Rouge |
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Date: 1863 |
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Title: Crew of Richmond at quarters. Baton Rouge La. 1863. |
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Notes: The Richmond was crippled in Farragut's attempt to pass the guns of Port Hudson on the night of March 14, 1863, and fifteen of her officers and crew were killed or wounded. [East, "Civil War Album," p. 86.] |
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Number: 1394014b |
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Photographer: ascribed to McPherson & Oliver, Baton Rouge |
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Date: 1863 |
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Title: Steamer Richmond off Baton Rouge La. 1863. |
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Notes: The Richmond was one of the largest and most beautiful ships in Farragut's fleet. The Richmond reached Baton Rouge on the afternoon of May 9, 1862, in company with her sister ships. [East, "Civil War Album," p. 78, 79.] |
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Number: 1394015 |
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Photographer: ascribed to McPherson & Oliver, Baton Rouge |
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Date: circa 1863 |
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Title: Steamship Mississippi Farragut's fleet Mississippi River La. Burned by her own after grounding in front of the rebel batteries at Port Hudson, during the attack by the fleet on the night of the 14th March 1863. To their mortification & chagrin after reaching the |
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shore, she floated off & blew up five miles below the batteries. |
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Notes: The Mississippi survived the passage of the forts below New Orleans but was lost in March 1863 in Farragut's attempt to pass the confederate guns at Port Hudson. [East, "Civil War Album," p. 22.] |
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Number: 1394016a |
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Photographer: ascribed to McPherson & Oliver, Baton Rouge |
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Date: 1863 |
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Title: Mortar boat of Farragut's fleet. Baton Rouge La, 1863 |
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Notes: One of the mortar schooners which bombarded the forts guarding the approach to New Orleans and which were then brought upriver to hurl their great 13-inch shells into the confederate positions at Port Hudson. [East, "Civil War Album," p. 82, 83.] |
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Number: 1394016b |
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Photographer: ascribed to McPherson & Oliver, Baton Rouge |
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Date: circa 1863 |
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Title: none |
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Notes: This is one of Farragut's smaller gunboats, probably the U.S.S. Genesee. [East, "Civil War Album," text, p. 80; image, p. 80.] |
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Number: 1394017 |
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Photographer: ascribed to McPherson & Oliver, Baton Rouge |
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Date: circa 1863 |
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Title: Wharfboat Natchez. Baton Rouge La. |
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Notes: The wharfboat Natchez (on left) tied up with one of Porter's mortar schooners (on right). [East, "Civil War Album," text, p. 70; image, p. 70.] |
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Scanned images can be found at:
http://www.louisianadigitallibrary.org/index.php?name=G.%20H.%20Suydam%20 |
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CONTAINER LIST
All images in this collection were taken in and around Baton Rouge, circa 1863.
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E:73 |
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Gun at Fort William |
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18th NY battery, Fort Williams |
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Deaf, Dumb, And Blind School |
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General Dudley's Headquarters |
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Louisiana State Capitol |
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Louisiana State Penitentiary |
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Methodist Church |
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Provost Marshall's office, Pike’s Row |
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Contraband Camp at the Female Seminary |
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General Augur's Headquarters |
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Camp, 3rd brigade, Augur Div 19th Army corps |
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Waterfront of Baton Rouge |
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U.S.S. Essex |
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Coal Heavers of the Essex resting |
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Crew of U.S.S. Richmond at quarters |
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U.S.S. Richmond |
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U.S.S. Mississippi |
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Unnamed Federal mortar boat off Baton Rouge |
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U.S.S. Genese |
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Wharfboat Natchez |
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MISC:S |
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Miscellaneous items: envelope with writing; 6 pages from a book; page from Bible. |
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Freemason’s Monthly Magazine Vol. Iv 1845. |
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99:Suydam |
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Newspapers: Natchitoches Union January 29, 1863; The New Orleans Times April 15, 1864. |