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"Grand Gulf State Military Park...Seven miles west of Port Gibson, Mississippi, at the location of old Grand Gulf, a river town abandoned when the Mississippi changed its course. Was the site of several Civil War engagements, including a five hour bombardment by Admiral Porter's Ironclads on Forts Cobun and Wade." Exterior view. Side 2.

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  • Item: 474
  • Description: "Grand Gulf State Military Park...Seven miles west of Port Gibson, Mississippi, at the location of old Grand Gulf, a river town abandoned when the Mississippi changed its course. Was the site of several Civil War engagements, including a five hour bombardment by Admiral Porter's Ironclads on Forts Cobun and Wade." Exterior view. Side 2.
  • Creator(s): Mississippi Agricultural and Industrial Board
  • Date: 1965
  • City/State: Grand Gulf, Mississippi
  • County: Claiborne County
  • Call Number: PI/2008.0001
  • Filename: 123257-photo-2.tif