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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)
king order, ran from Port Hudson to Clinton, thirty-three miles northeast. The following account is compiled from— 1st. Official report of Colonel Steedman, First Alabama regiment, commanding left wing of defences. 2d. Official report of General Miles, Miles's Legion, commanding right wing. 3d. Two official reports of Colonel Marshall J. Smith, commanding heavy artillery. 4th. Narration of the Siege, published by Lieutenant Wright in the New Orleans Weekly True Delta, September 5, 1863. 5th. Narration of James Francis Fitts in The Galaxy for September, 1866—A June Day at Port Hudson. (Federal.) 6th. Orville J. Victor's History of the War. (Federal.) 7th. Report (official) of Fred. Y. Dabney, First LieutenantEngi-neer Confederate States Navy, Chief Engineer at Port Hudson. The position and occupation. The occupation of Port Hudson had been determined on in July, 1862, and the attack by General Breckenridge on Baton Rouge, early in the succeeding mon