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American Civil War: The first Union infantry assault of the Siege of Port Hudson occurs.

Historical image related to American Civil War: The first Union infantry assault of the Siege of Port Hudson occurs. from May 27, 1863

American Civil War

1861–1865 conflict in the United States

The American Civil War was a civil war in the United States between the Union and the Confederacy, which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union. The central conflict leading to war was a dispute over whether slavery should be permitted to expand into the…
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Siege of Port Hudson

Battle of the American Civil War

The siege of Port Hudson was the final engagement in the Union campaign to recapture the Mississippi River in the American Civil War. While Union General Ulysses Grant was besieging Vicksburg upriver, General Nathaniel Banks was ordered to capture the lower Mississippi…
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