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unusual facts about Siege of Port Hudson



Norfolk Naval Shipyard

1,195 heavy guns were taken for the defense of the Confederacy, and employed in many areas from Hampton Roads all the way to Fort Donelson Tennessee, Port Hudson, and Fort de Russy, Louisiana.

Thomas W. Sherman

After that he commanded the Defenses of New Orleans before taking command of a division in Major General Nathaniel P. Banks's army, which he led into action at the Siege of Port Hudson.


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Thomas Edward Chickering

The unit saw action in the Siege of Port Hudson and the Red River Campaign.