Port_Hudson_Union_order_of_battle

Siege of Port Hudson order of battle: Union

Siege of Port Hudson order of battle: Union

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The following is the organization of the Union forces engaged at the Siege of Port Hudson, during the American Civil War in 1863. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

Other

Union forces

Army of the Gulf

Main article: Army of the Gulf

XIX Corps

Main article: XIX Corps (Union Army)

MG Nathaniel P. Banks

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West Gulf Blockading Squadron

Main article: Union blockade § West Gulf Blockading Squadron

Rear Admiral David G. Farragut

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Notes

  1. [1]
    assigned to command the 2nd Division on 27 May
  2. [2]
    from 27 May
  3. [3]
    mustered out 25 August
  4. [4]
    Weitzel commanded the "Right Flank" of the Union forces during the siege.
  5. [5]
    Eicher p.528
  6. [6]
    from 14 May
  7. [7]
    from 27 May
  8. [8]
    from 28 May
  9. [9]
    from 30 May
  10. [10]
    Dow was wounded 27 May and was taken prisoner by Confederate cavalry in July while convalescing on a nearby plantation.
  11. [11]
    from 27 May
  12. [12]
    from 27 May
  13. [13]
    19th Corps Organization
  14. [14]
    from 12 May
  15. [15]
    temporarily on 14 June
  16. [16]
    At the time Benedict assumed command the 2nd Brigade consisted of 175th New York, 28th Maine, 48th Massachusetts, 162nd New York; Benedict, Henry Marvin (1866). A memorial of Brevet Brigadier General Lewis Benedict, colonel of 162d regiment N.Y.V.I., who fell in battle at Pleasant Hill, La., April 9, 1864. Albany, N.Y.: J. Munsell. pp. 55. Retrieved 2012-08-03.
  17. [17]
    from 14 June
  18. [18]
    Union Land Forces at Port Hudson - June 30, 1863
  19. [19]
    from 14 June
  20. [20]
    mustered out 17 August
  21. [21]
    from 14 June
  22. [22]
    from 30 May
  23. [23]
    mustered out 30 September
  24. [24]
    Redesignated 3rd Massachusetts Volunteer Cavalry on June 17, 1863.
  25. [25]
    mustered out 25 August

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