Port Hudson surrenders and the Mississippi is reopened
July 9, 1863, Port Hudson, Louisiana.
- Date
- July 9, 1863
- Where
- Port Hudson, Louisiana
- What happened
- Surrendered
- Event
- 80 of 174
Port Hudson guarded the stretch of river at the mouth of the Red, the main route for salt, cattle and horses moving east and men and munitions moving west. After a 48-day siege and word of Vicksburg's fall, Franklin Gardner surrendered. The Union gained navigation of the whole river from the Gulf.
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