Port Hudson operations

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf Union military operation ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Port Hudson campaign ⓘ
belligerent Confederate Army ⓘ
Union Army ⓘ
commander Franklin Gardner ⓘ
Nathaniel P. Banks ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
consequence Confederacy was split geographically ⓘ
Union gained full control of the Mississippi River ⓘ
countryInvolved Confederate States of America ⓘ
United States (Union) ⓘ
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 ⓘ
operations along the Mississippi River near Port Hudson ⓘ
historicalRegion Louisiana ⓘ
involves assaults on fortified positions ⓘ
entrenchments and earthworks ⓘ
siege artillery bombardment ⓘ
locatedOn Mississippi River ⓘ
location Port Hudson, Louisiana ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Vicksburg campaign ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Vicksburg
result Union victory ⓘ
surrender of the Confederate garrison at Port Hudson ⓘ
startTime 1863 ⓘ
strategicImportance control of navigation on the Mississippi River ⓘ
supportedBy Union Navy ⓘ
theater Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
timePeriod American Civil War ⓘ
typeOfAction combined land and naval operations ⓘ
riverine operations ⓘ
siege warfare ⓘ

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Department of the Gulf → oversawOperation → Port Hudson operations ⓘ