This lesson is one in a series that brings the important stories of historic places into the classrooms across the country. TwHP is sponsored, in part, by the Cultural Resources Training Initiative and Parks as Classrooms programs of the National Park Service. Bergeron, Jr., historian at Pamplin Park Civil War Site in Petersburg, Virginia. The lesson written by Gregg Potts, Site Manager at the Port Hudson State Commemorative Area, and Arthur W. It was made possible by the National Park Service's American Battlefield Protection Program. This lesson is based on the National Register of Historic Places registration file, " Port Hudson Battlefield" (with photographs), and other primary sources about the siege. Though the Civil War would rage on for almost two more years, the siege at Port Hudson, and the battles of Vicksburg and Gettysburg-which all occurred the same week-together struck a blow from which the South never recovered. With these two victories, the North could finally claim undisputed control of the Mississippi River. For 48 days in 1863, he and his fellow troops defended a fort that stood on top of a bluff above the Mississippi River for all of those 48 days, Union soldiers pummeled the Confederates with cannon shot and rifle fire.įinally, just five days after the Confederates were defeated at Vicksburg, Port Hudson surrendered to the Union. So wrote a soldier who had been inside the Confederate defenses at Port Hudson, Louisiana, during one of the longest sieges in American military history. We eat all the meat and bread in the fort.eat all the beef-all the mules-all the Dogs-and all the Rats around us. This lesson is part of the National Park Service’s Teaching with Historic Places (TwHP) program. Army Military History Institute, Carlisle Barracks, PA)
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