Format Map
Contributors Sneden, Robert Knox
Dates 1861
Location Louisiana
Lousiana
Port Hudson
United States
Language English
Subjects Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss
Civil War
Gardner, Franklin
History
Louisiana
Port Hudson
Port Hudson (La.)
Siege
United States
Title
Siege of Port Hudson
Contributor Names
Sneden, Robert Knox, 1832-1918.
Created Published
[S.L., 1863 to 1865].
Subject Headings
-  Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss,--1816-1894
-  Gardner, Franklin,--1823-1873
-  Louisiana--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
-  Port Hudson (La.)--History--Siege, 1863
-  United States--Louisiana--Port Hudson.
Notes
-  Color coding indicates the location of Union and Confederate forces.
-  NOTE: Researchers will be served a color photocopy of this diary image.
-  Relief shown by hachures.
-  This item is from the collections of the Virginia Historical Society; please contact the institution for more information.
-  The map shows the Union troops on land and water surrounding Confederate fortifications at Port Hudson, La., on the Mississippi River, approximately 25 miles north of Baton Rouge. The Union XIX Corps under Gen. Banks had its first engagement May 26th on the Bayou Sara Road, and laid siege to the fort on May 27th. Confederate Gen. Franklin Gardner surrendered Port Hudson on July 9th, 1863, after having been under siege for six weeks and upon hearing news of the fall of Vicksburg to Gen. Grant on July 4th.
-  Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.
-  In the Robert Knox Sneden Diary (Mss5:1 Sn237:1 v. 4, p. 426).
-  Manuscripts
Medium
1 Map : Pen and Ink and Watercolor ; 15 X 12 Cm.
Repository
Virginia Historical Society, P.O. Box 7311, Richmond, VA 23221-0311 USA vau
Digital Id
Gvhs01 Vhs00139 Http://Hdl.Loc.Gov/Loc.Ndlpcoop/Gvhs01.Vhs00139


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