Siege of Port Hudson

When

21 May 1863 – 9 Jul 1863

Kind

Siege

Coordinates

30.69° N, 91.28° W

Description

1863 battle of the American Civil War

Battle of the American Civil War

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.

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• American Civil War12 Apr 1861 · Civil war