Siege of Port Hudson

The siege of Port Hudson was the final engagement in the Union campaign to recapture the Mississippi River in the American Civil War. While Union General Ulysses Grant was besieging Vicksburg upriver, General Nathaniel Banks was ordered to capture the lower Mississippi Confederate stronghold of Port Hudson, Louisiana, then to go to Grant's aid. When his assault failed, Banks settled into a 48-day siege, the longest in US military history up to that point. A second attack also failed, and it was only after the fall of Vicksburg that the Confederate commander, General Franklin Gardner, surrendered the port. The Union gained control of the river and navigation from the Gulf of Mexico through the Deep South and to the river's upper reaches.

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1863 Siege of Port Hudson

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1863 Battle of Plains Store

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Cannon mounted in the camp of Duryea's and Bainbridge's Batteries, 15th Arkansas Confederate Infantry, Port Hudson, Louisiana) - photographed by McPherson & Oliver, Baton Rouge, La LCCN2010647765

Dismounted cannon and ruins, Port Hudson, Louisiana) - photographed by McPherson & Oliver, Baton Rouge, La LCCN2010647772

Cannon mounted in the camp of Duryea's and Bainbridge's Batteries, 15th Arkansas Confederate Infantry, Port Hudson, Louisiana) - photographed by McPherson & Oliver, Baton Rouge, La LCCN2010647766

The Photographic History of The Civil War Volume 02 Page 216

QuakerGunPortHudson1863

The Photographic History of The Civil War Volume 02 Page 217

Battle of Port Hudson - Passing the River Batteries by Boston Public Library

Lieutenant Thomas Branson Cooke, 46th North Carolina Infantry

Franklingardner

Battle of Port Hudson, 1863 1936 801

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1862	Battle of Baton Rouge	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1863	Battle of Plains Store	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1863	Siege of Port Hudson	battle, siege	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Sumter	steamship	Wikidata
site	fort	1779	Fort New Richmond	fort	Wikidata
site	museum	1943	USS Kidd	preserved watercraft, museum ship, destroyer, United States Navy	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1862	CSS Arkansas	Arkansas-class ironclad, shipwreck, ironclad warship	Wikidata
commons	image		Cannon mounted in the camp of Duryea's and Bainbridge's Batteries, 15th Arkansas Confederate Infantry, Port Hudson, Louisiana) - photographed by McPherson & Oliver, Baton Rouge, La LCCN2010647765		Commons
commons	image		Dismounted cannon and ruins, Port Hudson, Louisiana) - photographed by McPherson & Oliver, Baton Rouge, La LCCN2010647772		Commons
commons	image		Cannon mounted in the camp of Duryea's and Bainbridge's Batteries, 15th Arkansas Confederate Infantry, Port Hudson, Louisiana) - photographed by McPherson & Oliver, Baton Rouge, La LCCN2010647766		Commons
commons	image		The Photographic History of The Civil War Volume 02 Page 216		Commons
commons	image		QuakerGunPortHudson1863		Commons
commons	image		The Photographic History of The Civil War Volume 02 Page 217		Commons
commons	image		Battle of Port Hudson - Passing the River Batteries by Boston Public Library		Commons
commons	image		Lieutenant Thomas Branson Cooke, 46th North Carolina Infantry		Commons
commons	image		Franklingardner		Commons
commons	image		Battle of Port Hudson, 1863 1936 801		Commons