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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 14. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Fortification and siege of Port Hudson—Compiled by the Association of defenders of Port Hudson; M. J. Smith, President; James Freret, Secretary. (search)
haniel P. Banks, Major-General commanding (from General Banks's Campaign of Port Hudson). Right—General Weitzel and General Grover. （Banks's Report, page 146). Centre—General Augur, 3,500 men (Banks's Report). Artillery—Seventeen 3 inch rifle, Rambridge, Hebrard, &c.; four 6-inch rifle, heavy; nine naval batteries, Dahlgren-Ferry; four siege mortars, Terry; twelve 8-inch siege howitzer-mortars, &c.; six 6-pounders, Sawyer; two 9-pounders, Dahlgren; eighteen 12-pounder howitzers, Napoleons, &c.; fifteen 20-pounder Parrotts; five 24-pounder Parrotts, and seven 30-pounder Parrotts. Left—General T. W. Sherman. Effective Force—Banks's Report, pages 128 and 146—13,000 on May 27; March 14th, 12,000; J. Franklin Fitts (in June Day, &c.), about 20,000; Orville Victor, about 18,000—about three times the besieged. Federal loss. Banks, page 146, May 27—Killed, 293; wounded, 1,549; missing, about 300—total, 2, 142. June 14—No correct report—Orville