Engraving of Ship Island, a barrier island off the Gulf Coast of Mississippi, now part of Gulf Islands National Seashore. Ship Island is the site of Fort Massachusetts (built 1859–66), as a Third System fortification. From Harper's magazine 1895

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Size: 3543px × 2925px
Location: Ship Island, Mississippi
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License: Licensed
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