Battery Powell, Illinois artillery besieging Vicksburg, Mississippi, June 1863, artist's impression

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Joseph Williams, Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College
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Cropped, sized, and prepared for use by John Osborne, Dickinson College, August 7, 2013
Depicted ContentVicksburg Campaign
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engraving
Original caption
Our works before Vicksburg - Battery Powell - Sketched by Mr. Theodore R. Davis
Source citation
Harper's Weekly Magazine, July 4, 1863, p. 420.
Source note
John Wesley Powell, the battery commander, later became famous for his explorations of the Grand Canyon and as Director of the U.S. Geological Survey 
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