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Tag: Port Hudson Campaign

The Fall of Port Hudson

July 9, 2018 WalterCoffey

July 9, 1863 – Major General Nathaniel P. Banks’s Federal Army of the Gulf captured the last Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River, opening the

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The Second Battle of Port Hudson

June 14, 2018 WalterCoffey

June 14, 1863 – Major General Nathaniel P. Banks launched another doomed assault on the Confederate defenses at Port Hudson, Louisiana, but the Federal siege

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The Battle of Port Hudson

May 27, 2018 WalterCoffey

May 27, 1863 – Major General Nathaniel P. Banks directed his Federal Army of the Gulf to attack the strong Confederate defenses at Port Hudson,

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Port Hudson: Federals Close the Escape Route

May 21, 2018 WalterCoffey

May 21, 1863 – Major General Nathaniel P. Banks’s Federal Army of the Gulf finally began advancing on Port Hudson, Louisiana, after conducting a series

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Farragut Runs the Port Hudson Batteries

March 14, 2018 WalterCoffey

March 14, 1863 – Acting Rear Admiral David G. Farragut tried running his naval squadron past the Confederate batteries at Port Hudson in an effort

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Confederates Try Salvaging the Indianola

February 25, 2018 WalterCoffey

February 25, 1863 – Confederates began trying to salvage the partially sunken U.S.S. Indianola, while the Federals tried stopping them by sending a “gunboat” down

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