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    The Guns Of Port Hudson

    "The Guns Of Port Hudson" Vol.1 by David C. Edmonds
    ISBN:0-937614-05X pp.271

    President Lincoln planned to cut the Confederacy in half by taking control of the Mississippi River. The Army moved south from the north until they reached the fortress at Vicksburg, MS. A joint Army-Navy operation moved north from New Orleans until they reached the fortress at Port Hudson, LA. The Confederacy traveled through this small corridor between these two fortresses. If President Lincoln could break either of these fortresses, the river would be lost to the Confederacy. General Grant moved against Vicksburg while General N.P. Banks moved against Port Hudson. Vol.1 (The River Campaign February-May 1863) covers Gen. Bank's and Admiral Farragut's trek to reach the fortress at Port Hudson.
    This is a good book leading up to one of America's longest sieges.


    Added:  Saturday, June 15, 2002
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