Ran across this photo while searching through the Marshall Dunham photo collection, which includes many from the Port Hudson battlefield. It looked familiar, but too blurry to really tell who the men lined up are; nothing useful in the description either. Zooming in, it appears as though they could be wearing Confederate uniforms.
Zoom in on the image here: http://louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/lsu-sc-mdp:452
After doing a quick google search to see if I could find it elsewhere, this is all that turned up:
http://www.civilwaralbum.com/porthudson/visitor2.htm
What appears to be the same photo at the Port Hudson battlefield visitors center is labeled "CSA POW's at Port Hudson." I'm a geek for any images of Confederate prisoners or Confederates in the field. If these men are prisoners from the Port Hudson garrison then this is a remarkable photo indeed, as there are few out there of Western Theater Confederates right off the field. If only it was a bit less blurry!
Zoom in on the image here: http://louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/lsu-sc-mdp:452
After doing a quick google search to see if I could find it elsewhere, this is all that turned up:
http://www.civilwaralbum.com/porthudson/visitor2.htm
What appears to be the same photo at the Port Hudson battlefield visitors center is labeled "CSA POW's at Port Hudson." I'm a geek for any images of Confederate prisoners or Confederates in the field. If these men are prisoners from the Port Hudson garrison then this is a remarkable photo indeed, as there are few out there of Western Theater Confederates right off the field. If only it was a bit less blurry!