. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . etired they had learned a costly lesson which withheld themfrom attack when another mine was exploded on .July 1st. Meantime, let us take a view of the river below and thelife of the peo])le within the doomed city. Far down the river,two hundred and fifty miles from Aicksburg, was Port Hud-son. The place was fortified and held by a Confederate forceunder General Gardner. Like Vicksburg, it was besieged bya Federal army, under Nathaniel P. Banks, of Cedar INIoun-tain f
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . etired they had learned a costly lesson which withheld themfrom attack when another mine was exploded on .July 1st. Meantime, let us take a view of the river below and thelife of the peo])le within the doomed city. Far down the river,two hundred and fifty miles from Aicksburg, was Port Hud-son. The place was fortified and held by a Confederate forceunder General Gardner. Like Vicksburg, it was besieged bya Federal army, under Nathaniel P. Banks, of Cedar INIoun-tain fame. On ]May 27th, he made a des])erate attack on theworks and was powerfully aided by Farragut with his iieetin tlie river. But aside from dismounting a few guns andweakening the foe at a still heavier cost to their own ranks,the Federals were unsuccessful. Again, on June 10th, and stillagain on the 14th. Banks made fruitless attem])ts to carry PortHudson by storm. He then, like Grant at Vicksburg, settleddown to a siege. The defenders of Port Hudson jn-oved theircoinage by endniiiig c\(iy liardship. July18(« WTIS MM wm. Ilk If M/Ah 1^ ^.^
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