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By Charles Knight

The Longest Siege: Port Hudson, Louisiana, 1863 ( Russell W. Blount, JR - CWC) Section- U.S. History General he created The Ghosts ofby Russell W. Blount Jr. During the Civil War, control of the Mississippi River was hotly contested by both the Union and Confederate armies. By late 1862, the South held only a 110 mile stretch of this vital waterway. Determined to defend this critical span, the Confederacy built two fortresses to defend it Vicksburg on the north end, Port Hudson on the south. Drawing on the letters and memoirs of soldiers and officers on both sides, this book