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Port Hudson Siege

Seven miles west is site of anchor controlling Mississippi. Here 6500 Confederates held 30,000 Union troops May 21 until July 8, 1863. Fall of Port Hudson opened river, hastening fall of Confederacy.

Located in Port Hudson, LA, Dist. 61, Hwy 48, Parish East Baton Rouge Parish. 47






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