Caption: Gun mounted on a mound in Fort William which used to be the cemetery for the officiers of the regular army.
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," text, p. 50; image, p. 51.]
Photographer: McPherson & Oliver, Baton Rouge
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Caption: 18th NY battery Captain Fort Williams 1863.
Notes: A section of Captain Mack's battery was doing routine artillery training. [East, "Civil War Album," text, p. 54; image, p. 55.]
Photographer: Ascribed to McPherson & Oliver, Baton Rouge
Image Format: Carte de visite - 4in. x 2.5in
Caption: Deaf, Dumb, Blind Asylum Baton Rouge La Now used as a General Hospital. U.S.A.
Notes: In 1863, it served as a millitary hospital crowded with the sick and wounded. [East, "Civil War Album," text, p. 94; image, p. 95.]
Photographer: Ascribed to McPherson & Oliver, Baton Rouge
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Caption: General Dudley's Headquarters, Baton Rouge, La.
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," text, p. 57; image, p. 59.]
Photographer: Ascribed to McPherson & Oliver, Baton Rouge
Image Format: Carte de visite - 4in. x 2.5in
Caption: State House, Baton Rouge, La. [r] Burned Dec 30th 1862 [v]
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," text, p. 44; image, p. 45.]
Photographer: Ascribed to McPherson & Oliver, Baton Rouge
Image Format: Carte de visite - 4in. x 2.5in
Caption: Frontview State Penitentiary In foreground tents of Battery L 1st Artillery.
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; image, p. 77.]
Photographer: Ascribed to Lytle, A.D., Baton Rouge
Image Format: Carte de visite - 4in. x 2.5in
Caption: Methodist Church Baton Rouge La, 1863 Where the concerts were held I wrote about.
Notes: The church with the steeple is the Methodist Church. The building next to it is the Wasington Fire Company, originally the City Hall. [East, "Civil War Album," text, p. 33; image, p. 32.]
Photographer: Ascribed to McPherson & Oliver, Baton Rouge
Image Format: Carte de visite - 4in. x 2.5in
Caption: Provost Marshell's office. Baton Rouge La.
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," text, p. 57; image, p. 56.]
Photographer: Ascribed to McPherson & Oliver, Baton Rouge
Image Format: Carte de visite - 4in. x 2.5in
Caption: Contraband Camp, formerly used as a Female Seminary.
Notes: The former slaves were housed and fed in the camps, and frequently given schooling in 1863. [East, "Civil War Album," text, p. 66; image, p. 67.]
Photographer: Ascribed to McPherson & Oliver, Baton Rouge
Image Format: Carte de visite - 4in. x 2.5in
Caption: General Augur's Headquarter, Spring 1863. Baton Rouge La.
Notes: [East, "Civil War Album," image, p. 58.]
Photographer: McPherson & Oliver, Baton Rouge
Image Format: Carte de visite - 4in. x 2.5in
Caption: 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.
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," text, p. 31; image, p. 31.]
Photographer: Ascribed to McPherson & Oliver, Baton Rouge
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Caption: Waterfront of Baton Rouge La. Steamer Empire Parrish Headquarters General Banks March 9th 1863.
Notes: [East, "Civil War Album," image, p. 54.]
Photographer: Ascribed to McPherson & Oliver, Baton Rouge
Image Format: Carte de visite - 4in. x 2.5in
Caption: Ironclad. Essex, Farragut's fleet. Mississippi River La.
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," text, p. 38; image, p. 39.]
Photographer: Ascribed to McPherson & Oliver, Baton Rouge
Image Format: Carte de visite - 4in. x 2.5in
Caption: Coal Heavers of the Essex--resting.
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," text, p. 22; image, p. 23.]
Photographer: Ascribed to McPherson & Oliver, Baton Rouge
Image Format: Carte de visite - 4in. x 2.5in
Caption: Crew of Richmond at quarters. Baton Rouge La. 1863.
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," text, p. 86; image, p. 86.]
Photographer: McPherson & Oliver, Baton Rouge
Image Format: Carte de visite - 4in. x 2.5in
Caption: Steamer Richmond off Baton Rouge La. 1863.
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," text, p. 79; image, p. 78.]
Photographer: Ascribed to McPherson & Oliver, Baton Rouge
Image Format: Carte de visite - 4in. x 2.5in
Caption: 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 shore, she floated off & blew up five miles below the batteries.
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," text, p. 22; image, p. 22.]
Photographer: Ascribed to McPherson & Oliver, Baton Rouge
Image Format: Carte de visite - 4in. x 2.5in
Caption: Mortar boat of Farragut's fleet. Baton Rouge La, 1863
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," text, p. 83; image, p. 82.]
Photographer: Ascribed to McPherson & Oliver, Baton Rouge
Image Format: Carte de visite - 4in. x 2.5in
Caption: None
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.]
Photographer: Ascribed to McPherson & Oliver, Baton Rouge
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Caption: Wharfboat Natchez. Baton Rouge La.
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.]
Photographer: Ascribed to McPherson & Oliver, Baton Rouge
Image Format: Carte de visite - 4in. x 2.5in