Port Hudson - The Forgotten Siege of the Vicksburg Campaign: Vicksburg 160

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  • Garry Adelman heads down to Louisiana to discover the southern end of the Vicksburg Campaign at the Port Hudson State Historic Site. He is joined by special guest Daniel Goyer.
    This video is part of our commemoration of the 160th Anniversary of the Vicksburg Campaign. Videos will be added from now until the beginning of July. To view the full set of tours, visit: • Vicksburg Campaign: 16...
    The American Battlefield Trust preserves America’s hallowed battlegrounds and educates the public about what happened there and why it matters. We permanently protect these battlefields for future generations as a lasting and tangible memorial to the brave soldiers who fought in the American Revolution, the War of 1812, and the Civil War.

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  • @chiconeededthemoney
    @chiconeededthemoney ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I've been to Port Hudson. It was many years ago. I may have to go back. My grandmother's family had a home right across from the battlefield and they gave help to the soldiers during the battle.

    • @Rob_Goyer
      @Rob_Goyer ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That's awesome

  • @marianmoses9604
    @marianmoses9604 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    My Gr-Gr-Grandfather was a Confederate defender of Port Hudson with the 1st Mississippi Light Artillery during the siege and was captured there. I had the privilege of participating as a Confederate re-enactor in the original works of Fort Desperate at Port Hudson State Historical Park in 1991. Great memories.

  • @JoshPiland
    @JoshPiland ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you for knowing your audience Garry. The American Battlefield Trust educates and inspires me. Gratitude to you all!

  • @mch12311969
    @mch12311969 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thank you, thank you for doing this! I did my graduate thesis on a Confederate unit at Port Hudson.

  • @Shatamx
    @Shatamx ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Born in Massachusetts Port Hudson has always fascinated me. Out shinned by Vicksburg and Gettysburg.

  • @dimitristoupakisAT
    @dimitristoupakisAT ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Finally a full dose Garry Adelman again (been absent too often in quite a few of the latest ABT videos)- the energy and enthusiasm in his presentation(s) is contagious, unrivaled and second to none. Great job, well done! 👏

    • @carywest9256
      @carywest9256 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The narrator is geeked up on coffee- a major blast of caffeine!

    • @GuyPipili
      @GuyPipili ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​@@carywest9256 Actually, he drinks decaf coffee. Some people are naturally hyper. I sure wish I was! Imagine what I can get done!😅

  • @daviswall3319
    @daviswall3319 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My three times great grandfather, Constantine Montgomery, was a confederate soldier that surrendered at the siege of Port Hudson. My mom has copies of his letters home.

  • @fateagle4life
    @fateagle4life ปีที่แล้ว +4

    So thankful Port Hudson is getting its due. It was such an important seige and really has so much educational value. Thank you for making the Mississippi swing!!! There is a great confederate cemetery across the state around Quitman, then you have the whole Free State Of Jones situation, so much history no one really shows too much of.

  • @arlanandrews9946
    @arlanandrews9946 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Gary, I'm in Vicksburg now because of these 160 videos!

  • @MickeyJWind
    @MickeyJWind ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Donald Frazier's books on the fighting in Lousina is a key part of my collection. well written, fun read...made me appreciate the fighting in that area so much more.

  • @martinp1544
    @martinp1544 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks! Love it!

  • @jackhays1194
    @jackhays1194 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great. Thank you.

  • @WarhawkYT
    @WarhawkYT ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Got to walk the fort and reenact as the 4th Wisconsin at Port Hudson, its a really cool place!

  • @DoyleHargraves
    @DoyleHargraves ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I reenacted that battle as a teenager. It was awesome!

  • @Gravelgratious
    @Gravelgratious ปีที่แล้ว +7

    It’s so amazing seeing places that you know your ancestors saw and fought in. Thank you guys again for the amazing work!

  • @JokerJosh-th1no
    @JokerJosh-th1no 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    My father lives near there, so we always go

  • @patrickmccarron5059
    @patrickmccarron5059 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Gettysburg, Vicksburg... Port Hudson was the nail in the coffin.

  • @jimmyjames9752
    @jimmyjames9752 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    SAVE OUR BATTLEFIELDS AMERICA 🇺🇸

  • @herodotus7
    @herodotus7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Glad you made it to Port Hudson Garry! It's nice Civil War battlefield park... although only part of the battlefield.

  • @HatCreekMan57
    @HatCreekMan57 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I've been there many times. Once we took a hike along the area where the Mississippi River once flowed.

  • @gerardjoseph17
    @gerardjoseph17 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The South will never be the same... Garry Adelman invades Port Hudson.... Gotta love it....but hey, what happen to the tractor?! LOL...😳... distinctly heard the voice
    ....plow on boys, plow on!!

  • @Rob_Goyer
    @Rob_Goyer ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Go Daniel!!

  • @johnzajac9849
    @johnzajac9849 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    In the eastern campaign, the rebels called Nathaniel Banks by the nickname, 'Commissary Banks', because his troops left so many supplies as they retreated after fighting.

    • @searchforthetruth1
      @searchforthetruth1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      😂 awesome!

    • @carywest9256
      @carywest9256 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Correction: When he knew he stepped on his manhood. He and his staff would leave the troops well behind in full retreat. He earned the moniker Commissary Banks after his first encounter with Jackson in the Shenandoah Valley.

  • @superdavem5104
    @superdavem5104 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great Stuff.

  • @ianblake815
    @ianblake815 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I need to get back to the mighty Mississippi!

  • @BillCuddy
    @BillCuddy ปีที่แล้ว

    Was just there last week, but was too late in the day to see the whole thing.

  • @jorgemartinpaez4376
    @jorgemartinpaez4376 ปีที่แล้ว

    The story of the USS Mississippi is very epic

  • @Interestingfeats21
    @Interestingfeats21 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I work next door on the peoples property who donated that land to be that park. I see the coolest stuff in those woods

    • @mollypitcher9380
      @mollypitcher9380 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You probably do! Lucky! 🌸

    • @Interestingfeats21
      @Interestingfeats21 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@mollypitcher9380 it's beautiful I can send pictures of your interested

  • @NjK601
    @NjK601 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Speaking of California, are you guys planning to do some videos on the campaign in New Mexico? I guess the battles were much smaller scale, but it seems to be such an overlooked part of the war.

  • @crippledcrow2384
    @crippledcrow2384 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My 2X Great Grandfather fought there with Co.K, Abbay's Battery, 1st MS Light Artillery. I don't know exactly where at Port Hutson he was stationed. He fought at the Plains Store in a stalling action.

    • @herodotus7
      @herodotus7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not many people know about the Battle of Plains Store.

    • @marianmoses9604
      @marianmoses9604 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mine too! Co. K, 1st Miss. Lt. Artillery. Pvt. Isaac P. Slayton. That’s wild. Our ancestors served side by side. Small world.

  • @SmedleyDouwright
    @SmedleyDouwright ปีที่แล้ว

    Are the naval battle recreations and presentations on video?

  • @michaelhoffman5348
    @michaelhoffman5348 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice job explaining an area of the Civil War that gets so little attention these days...

  • @jorgemartinpaez4376
    @jorgemartinpaez4376 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The 75 NY vol regt was there? wow? Ive never covered all of the battles just tidbits

  • @mrs6968
    @mrs6968 ปีที่แล้ว

    I can dig that Pontiac aztex comparison

  • @Shatamx
    @Shatamx ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Grant and Banks took the Mississippi.

    • @jonimergenthaler5312
      @jonimergenthaler5312 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      along with Admirals Porter and Farragut. A true army navy collaboration.

  • @bigsarge2085
    @bigsarge2085 ปีที่แล้ว +1

  • @jharloe
    @jharloe ปีที่แล้ว

    Charleston was the longest siege

  • @jorgemartinpaez4376
    @jorgemartinpaez4376 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The battle that involved the LA US or 35 USCT? right the LA REGT brigade dus Afrique!

  • @carywest9256
    @carywest9256 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    So the commander at Vicksburg and Port Hudson were both born yankees. Conspiracy theories will be coming from all directions! Galvanized Confederates gave up the River.

    • @fateagle4life
      @fateagle4life ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yet it was the coward Joseph E Johnston who had an army of nearly 40,000 that did nothing in Jackson because he didn't want his reputation tarnished.

    • @carywest9256
      @carywest9256 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@fateagle4life His rep had been tarnished from all that crayfishing in Virginia up until Fair Oaks/Seven Pines.
      He should have took the hint from Hood, when told to feel out the enemy.
      Those Texicans gave a good showing too, ran the bluebellies right back to their gunboats at Eltham's Landing.

    • @SmedleyDouwright
      @SmedleyDouwright ปีที่แล้ว

      Maybe they thought they were on the Hudson River?

    • @jackhays1194
      @jackhays1194 ปีที่แล้ว

      The master of the retreat.

  • @BlaiseBeuche
    @BlaiseBeuche 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Luck to have this in my back yard.