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Siege of Port Hudson

Confederate Commander

Maj. Gen. Franklin Gardner

Forces Engaged: 7,500

Killed: 176

Wounded: 447

Total Casualties: 623

Confederate Officers

Brig. Gen. William Beall

Confederate Order of Battle

Confederate Official Records

May 22 - July 9, 1863

East Baton Rouge Parish and East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana

Union Victory

Final Engagement for the recapture of the Mississippi River

Forces Engaged: 30,000-40,000

Killed: 708

Wounded: 3,336

Captured or Missing: 319

Total Casualties: 4,363

Union Officers

Rear Admiral David G. Farragut

Maj. Gen. Christopher C. Augur

Brig. Gen. Godfrey Weitzel

Brig. Gen. George L. Andrews

Brig. Gen. Charles P. Stone

Brig. Gen. Richard Arnold

Brig. Gen. Thomas W. Sherman

Brig. Gen. George L. Andrews

Brig. Gen. Frank S. Nickerson

Brig. Gen. William Dwight

Brig. Gen. Neal S. Dow

Brig. Gen. Frank S. Nickerson

Brig. Gen. Halbert E. Paine

Brig. Gen. Cuvier Grover

Brig. Gen. William Dwight

Brig. Gen. Daniel Ullman

Union Order of Battle

Union Official Records

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