Port Hudson: The Most Significant Battlefield Photographs of the Civil War (Lawrence Lee Hewitt - AMP) Amos Humiston S/L# 16748

S/L# 16748

Family Friendly (recommended for ages 6 - 106

Few know that a soldier committed suicide during the fighting

and disrupted General McClellan’s plans to take Richmond

a prosperous white merchant who left her and their children a home and property

Port Hudson: The Most Significant Battlefield Photographs of the Civil War (Lawrence Lee Hewitt - AMP) Amos Humiston S/L# 16748by 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