Port Hudson
Army post, Port Hudson, Louisiana.
- Side
- Confederate
- Kind
- Army post
- Where
- Port Hudson, Louisiana
- Years
- 1862-1863
- Today
- State historic site
PORT HUDSON
Confederate works guarding the Mississippi at the mouth of the Red River, the main route between east and west. Salt, cattle and horses came from the Trans-Mississippi, and men and munitions went the other way. The garrison laid down its weapons on July 9, 1863, after 48 days of siege.
Then
Port Hudson guarded the stretch of the Mississippi at the mouth of the Red River, the Confederacy's main route between east and west: salt, cattle and horses came down from the Trans-Mississippi, and men and munitions went the other way. Supplies for the works came over the Clinton and Port Hudson Railroad.
Once Vicksburg fell, Port Hudson was the last Confederate link with the Trans-Mississippi. The garrison laid down its weapons on July 9, 1863, after 48 days of siege.
Now
State historic site
Port Hudson State Historic Site keeps riverside terraces with original artillery emplacements and a museum.
The nearest railroad in service today is a line owned by a smaller railroad, about 1.8 miles away.
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