Port Hudson, Confederate Bastion on the Mississippi

Released on by Lawrence L. Hewitt
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  • Author : Lawrence L. Hewitt
  • Release Date : 1987
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  • Genre : Port Hudson (La.)
  • Pages : 248
  • ISBN 13 :
  • File Size : 64,64 MB
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Port Hudson, Confederate Bastion on the Mississippi by Lawrence L. Hewitt PDF Summary

Book Description: As these soldiers fortified the bluff, they sought to avoid drawing fire from Union naval vessels already present in the area. Throughout their occupation of Port Hudson, the Confederate troops were able to hold their position tenaciously, fighting off federal efforts to block supply ships by controlling the mouth of the Red River. The Union's failure to starve out the Confederates eventually led them to launch a direct assault on Port Hudson. This attack was unsuccessful and was followed by an equally disastrous siege. Consequently, Port Hudson did not surrender until after the capitulation of Vicksburg in 1863. Hewitt also discusses a unique outcome of this period of the war: the increased enlistment of black soldiers in northern units. According to the author, the newspaper coverage of the charge by black troops at Port Hudson proved to be vital in convincing the northern masses to accept the enlistment of nearly 180,000 black soldiers in the Army before the end of the war.

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