The Longest Siege: Port Hudson, Louisiana, 1863

ISBN-13: 9781476684116 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 195 str.

Russell W. Blount

Spis treści

Acknowledgments ix
Preface 1
Chapter One: Changes in Commands 7
Chapter Two: A Natural Stronghold 22
Chapter Three: "The Very Earth Trembled" 34
Chapter Four: "The Enemy Are Coming" 48
Chapter Five: A Miserable Loss 60
Chapter Six: "Death Was Always with Us" 76
Chapter Seven: "This Day of Blood" 94
Chapter Eight: Unspeakably Dreadful Days 107
Chapter Nine: The Whisky Charge 119
Chapter Ten: Submission 132
Epilogue 145
Appendix A. The Port Hudson Garrison: Organizations Paroled at Port Hudson, July 10, 1863 157
Appendix B. Organization of the Union Troops at Port Hudson (Nineteenth Army Corps), as of May 31, 1863, Major
General Nathaniel P. Banks, Commanding 159
Chapter Notes 163
Bibliography 175
Index 181