Port Hudson operations

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Union military operation military campaign

The Port Hudson operations were a series of Union military campaigns and the prolonged siege in 1863 aimed at capturing the Confederate stronghold of Port Hudson, Louisiana, to secure control of the Mississippi River during the American Civil War.

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Label	Occurrences
Port Hudson operations canonical	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Union military operation ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Port Hudson campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
belligerent	Confederate Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Union Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
commander	Franklin Gardner NERFINISHED ⓘ Nathaniel P. Banks NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	American Civil War ⓘ
consequence	Confederacy was split geographically ⓘ Union gained full control of the Mississippi River ⓘ
countryInvolved	Confederate States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ United States (Union) NERFINISHED ⓘ
defensivePosition	Confederate fortifications at Port Hudson ⓘ
endTime	1863 ⓘ
followedBy	post-siege occupation of Port Hudson by Union forces ⓘ
goal	capture the Confederate stronghold of Port Hudson ⓘ secure Union control of the Mississippi River ⓘ
hasPart	Bayou Sara operations ⓘ Siege of Port Hudson NERFINISHED ⓘ operations along the Mississippi River near Port Hudson ⓘ
historicalRegion	Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ
involves	assaults on fortified positions ⓘ entrenchments and earthworks ⓘ siege artillery bombardment ⓘ
locatedOn	Mississippi River NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Port Hudson, Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryObjective	open the Mississippi River to Union commerce and logistics ⓘ
notableFeature	one of the longest sieges in American military history ⓘ
opponent	Confederate Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedBy	Confederate garrison at Port Hudson ⓘ
partOf	Union campaign for control of the Mississippi River ⓘ Union operations in the Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
precededBy	earlier Union attempts to bypass or neutralize Port Hudson defenses ⓘ
relatedTo	Red River campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Vicksburg campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	Union victory ⓘ surrender of the Confederate garrison at Port Hudson ⓘ
startTime	1863 ⓘ
strategicImportance	control of navigation on the Mississippi River ⓘ
supportedBy	Union Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ
theater	Western Theater of the American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ
typeOfAction	combined land and naval operations ⓘ riverine operations ⓘ siege warfare ⓘ

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Subject: Port Hudson operations
Description of subject: The Port Hudson operations were a series of Union military campaigns and the prolonged siege in 1863 aimed at capturing the Confederate stronghold of Port Hudson, Louisiana, to secure control of the Mississippi River during the American Civil War.

Referenced by (1)

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Department of the Gulf → oversawOperation → Port Hudson operations ⓘ