[CIVIL WAR]. MCPHERSON & OLIVER, photographers. Albumen photograph of transports on the Alabama River from General Steele's Expedition. New Orleans, Louisiana: 8 May 1865.
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[CIVIL WAR]. MCPHERSON & OLIVER, photographers. Albumen photograph of transports on the Alabama River from General Steele's Expedition. New Orleans, Louisiana: 8 May 1865.
5 1/8 x 4 5/8 in. albumen photograph (small hole to upper right corner, some creasing throughout, and wear to edges). Verso with McPherson & Oliver handstamp dated 8 May 1865 and pencil inscriptions reading, "view on Alabama River / Gen Steeles Expedition / Transports wooding up," and "Photo by McPherson & / Oliver." Several transports are visible in this image, along with part of the railing of a bridge in the lower right foreground.
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