Port Hudson, LA
Date(s):
May 21-July 9, 1863
Location:
Please click on link below for map.
Port Hudson, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
Campaign(s):
Siege of Port Hudson
[1863]
Battles in
Campaign:
Situation:
Commanders:
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Union:
Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks
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Confederate:
Maj. Gen. Franklin Gardner
Principal Forces:
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Union:
XIX Army Corps, Army of the Gulf
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Confederate:
Confederate forces, 3rd
District, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana, Port Hudson
Description:
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In cooperation with Maj.
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant’s offensive against Vicksburg,
Union Maj. Gen.
Nathaniel P. Banks’ army moved against the Confederate stronghold at
Port Hudson on the Mississippi River.
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On May 27, after their frontal assaults were
repulsed, the Federals settled into a siege which lasted for 48 days.
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Banks renewed
his assaults on June 14 but the defenders successfully repelled them.
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On July 9, 1863, after hearing of the fall of
Vicksburg, the Confederate garrison of Port Hudson surrendered, opening the
Mississippi River to Union navigation from its source to New Orleans.
Photo Gallery2
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Port Hudson Battlefield |
Port Hudson Battlefield |
Recipe for a Roasted Rat |
Blood Lancet |
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Tooth Key |
Port Hudson Flag |
Confederate soldiers building defenses |
Map of Battlefield |
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Union ships attacking Port Hudson |
Artillery Demo |
Artillery Shells |
Artillery Shells |
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Gabion |
Museum Display |
Museum Display |
USCT Attack
Diorama |
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USCT Attack Diorama |
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Port Hudson Peace Monument |
Union Siege Battery No. 6 |
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Removing troops under fire |
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Lt. Col. Babcock |
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Earthworks |
Earthworks |
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Slide Presentation:
None
Classification3:
A
Casualties4:
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Union:
5,000
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Confederate:
7,208
Results:
 Union
Victory
Battlefield Website:
Recommended
Resources:
1 National Park
Service summary.
2 Please click on the image to
enlarge it. You may copy the images if you include the following note and link
with each image: "Courtesy of
civil-war-journeys.org."
3
Classification:
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A
- having a decisive influence on a
campaign and a direct impact on the course of the war
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B -
having a direct and decisive influence on their campaign
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C -
having observable influence on the
outcome of a campaign
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D
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having a limited influence on the
outcome of their campaign or operation but achieving or affecting important
local objectives
4 Casualties are
someone killed, injured, wounded, captured or missing.
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