Port Hudson: The Most Significant Battlefield Photographs of the Civil War (Lawrence Lee Hewitt - AMP) medal they were able to summon

they were able to summon their talents to enlarge the opportunities and lives of others

The long and bloody American Civil War claimed the lives of more than 700

Follow-up to the award-winning Longstreet at Gettysburg

but benefited from inherited slaves and fought to defend the institution

his men were contained with the Magnolia State

Port Hudson: The Most Significant Battlefield Photographs of the Civil War (Lawrence Lee Hewitt - AMP) medal they were able to summonby Lawrence Lee Hewitt In 1978, Lawrence Lee Hewitt became the first manager of the Port Hudson State Historic Site. There, he began collecting photographs related to the Civil War battle. Carefully analyzing a vast and remarkable photographic record of Port Hudson, Hewitt has now brought his four decades of research and collecting together in this book. The quantity, diversity, and in some cases uniqueness of these photos help widen our perspective