Suydam Collection - Fort Williams (La.)

Fort Williams (La.)


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Full Size Viewing Image #1394001 (recto) Full Size Viewing Image #1394001 (verso) Suydam Collection MSS 1394001       Image Date: Circa 1863
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
Image Format:     Carte de visite - 4in. x 2.5in
Full Size Viewing Image #1394002 (recto) Full Size Viewing Image #1394002 (verso) Suydam Collection MSS 1394002       Image Date: 1863
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