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Tag Archives: Port Hudson
The 24th Maine’s colonel excoriates Nathaniel Banks
When the 24th Maine Infantry Regiment officially completed its nine months of military service in July 1863, Col. George Marston Atwood expected to take his weary men home from Port Hudson. Nathaniel Banks apparently squelched the idea, though, and the … Continue reading
“Blackest Man in New Orleans” – Captain Cailloux of the Louisiana Native Guards – Part 2
Find Part One Here The Native Guards on the extreme right of the Union flank at Port Hudson were positioned in front of some of the roughest terrain on the battlefield and ordered to attack the strongest portion of the … Continue reading
Posted in Common Soldier, Emerging Civil War, Memory, Regiments, Sieges, USCT, Western Theater
Tagged 1st Regiment Native Guards, 33rd Mississippi, 3rd Regiment Native Guards, André Cailloux, Benjamin Butler, Black regiment, Black soldiers, civil war memory, Claude Paschal Maistre, Colonel John Nelson, Louisiana Native Guards, Major General Franklin Gardner, Nathaniel Banks, National Emancipation Monument, New Orleans, Port Hudson, St. Louis Cemetery, W.B. Shelby, William Dwight
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“Blackest Man in New Orleans” – Captain Cailloux of the Louisiana Native Guards – Part 1
The unit that would be later known as the Louisiana Native Guards found its start, astoundingly, in Confederate Louisiana in May of 1861. Accepted as a militia regiment by Governor Thomas Moore, 33 black officers and 731 privates – all … Continue reading
Posted in Common Soldier, Emerging Civil War, Memory, Regiments, USCT, Western Theater
Tagged 1st Regiment Native Guards, 2nd Regiment Native Guards, 3rd Regiment Native Guards, Admiral David G. Farragut, André Cailloux, Benjamin Butler, civil war memory, Felicie Coulon, Institute Catholique, John W. Phelps, Louisiana Native Guards, Nathaniel Banks, New Orleans, Port Hudson
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The fall of Vicksburg: Breaking the Backbone of the Rebellion
On July 4, 1863, Major General U.S. Grant’s army captured Vicksburg, Mississippi. This campaign often gets hastily passed over in history conversations. Gettysburg and Fourth festivities take precedent. I’m at fault for neglecting this event as well. Still, the fall … Continue reading
Saving History Saturday: Battlefield Acquisition Grants Awarded to Three Civil War Battlefields
The National Park Service’s American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) recently awarded $1,002,112.35 in Battlefield Land Acquisition Grants to four projects, including three Civil War preservation projects. The two of the projects are in Louisiana and the third is in Arkansas, … Continue reading
Farragut vs. Port Hudson
In April 1862 Flag Officer David Glasgow Farragut took a fleet past Forts Jackson and St. Philip. His passage of the forts led to the fall of New Orleans and made Farragut the darling of the Northern press. In March … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Navies
Tagged Admiral David G. Farragut, Benjamin Butler, George Dewey, Nathaniel Banks, Port Hudson, Red River
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Book Review: Port Hudson: The Most Significant Battlefield Photographs of the Civil War
Port Hudson: The Most Significant Battlefield Photographs of the Civil War By Lawrence Lee Hewitt University of Tennessee Press 2021 $49.95 hardcover Reviewed by Stephen Davis Compared to Vicksburg, a hundred-ten miles upriver, Port Hudson, Louisiana has a sparse … Continue reading
January 2022 Maine at War blog posts
In January 2022, my Maine at War blog examined topics ranging from soldiers and their pets to the infantry captain who suddenly discovered two recruits now listed on the company rolls. January 5, 2022: Soldier’s pet A young combat veteran … Continue reading
Posted in Common Soldier, Internet, Websites & Blogs, Navies
Tagged 10th Maine Infantry Regiment, 16th Maine Infantry Regiment, 26th Maine Infantry Regiment, Axel Hayford, Bald Hill Cove, Bangor, Belfast, Brewer, Brian Swartz, Caleb Cushing, Cape Fear River, Castine, Charles Baker, Charleston, Coast Guards Infantry, Cumberland County, Dare, E. H. Faucon, East Battery, East Belfast, Edmund J. Brookings, Ellsworth American, Farmingdale, Fort Knox, Fort O'Brien, Fort Point, Gardiner, George Custer, George H. Pendleton, George O. Hall, Georgetown, Gorham, Irish Bend, John L. Hodsdon, Kingstree, Libby Prison, Little River, Machias, Machiasport, Macon, Maine Coast Guards, Minister’s Point, Nathaniel K. Sawyer, Nicholas Picerno, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, North Carolina, North Inlet, Passagassawakeag River, Penobscot Bay, Penobscot Narrows, Penobscot River, Port Hudson, Portland, Portland Daily Press, Prospect, R. H. Stanley, Raphael Semmes, Republican Journal, Revenue Service, Richmond, Robert Wiley, Rockland, Royal Navy, South Carolina, Steele’s Ledge, Stockton Springs, USS Aries, USS Montgomery, Verona Island, Waldo County, West Battery, William H. Simpson, wilmington, Winterport
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Arkansas’s Role in the Vicksburg Campaign (part two)
ECW is pleased to welcome guest author Carson Butler. Part two of two. Following victory at Port Gibson, Grant pushed his forces north-eastward, and ultimately marched his army towards Jackson, the capital of Mississippi. After defeating a Confederate force under … Continue reading
Arkansas’s Role in the Vicksburg Campaign (part one)
ECW is pleased to welcome guest author Carson Butler. Part one of two. The Mississippi River is one of the most defining features of the North American continent, and during the American Civil War, it proved to be vital in … Continue reading
Posted in Campaigns, Sieges, Trans-Mississippi
Tagged 12th Arkansas Battaltion, Arkansans-at-Vicksburg, Arkansas, Big Black River, Carson Butler, Champion Hill, Franklin Gardner, John Pemberton, Magnolia Church, Martin Edwin Green, Port Gibson, Port Hudson, Siege of Vicksburg, Trans-Mississippi, Vicksburg Campaign
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