The Siege of Port Hudson (Abridged)

By Henry Augustus Willis

From May 23 through July 9, 1863, the Union Army conducted the longest siege in United States history. Among the other battles and events of which the Fifty-third Massachusetts were a part, they were at Port Hudson. Henry Willis was a participant and wrote this exciting history of the 53rd Regiment.Over 950 men from age 15 to 52 joined the Mass. 53rd. This is the story of millers, bakers, apothecaries, shoemakers, an artist, a clergyman, a jeweler and more who answered the call. Some didn't return home.Every memoir of the American Civil War provides us with another view of the catastrophe that changed the country forever.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1519060165
• ISBN13: 9781519060167
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 163 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.4" x 6.0"