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Other Name: |
None |
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State: |
Louisiana |
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Location: |
East Baton Rouge Parish and East Feliciana Parish |
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Campaign: |
Siege of Port Hudson (1863) |
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Dates: |
May 21-July 9, 1863 |
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Principal Commanders: |
 Union States: Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks
 Confederate States: Maj. Gen. Franklin Gardner |
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Forces Engaged: |
Union States: XIX Army Corps, Army of the Gulf
Confederate States: Confederate forces, 3rd District, Department of
Mississippi and East Louisiana, Port Hudson |
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Estimated Casualties: |
Union States: 5,000
Confederate States: 7,208
Total: 12,208 total |
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Results: |
Result(s): Union victory |
| Description: |
In cooperation with Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant’s offensive against Vicksburg, Union Maj. Gen.
Nathaniel P. Banks’s army moved against the Confederate stronghold at Port Hudson on the Mississippi River. On
May 27, after their frontal assaults were repulsed, the Federals settled into a siege which lasted for 48 days. Banks
renewed his assaults on June 14 but the defenders successfully repelled them. 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. |
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