In Louisiana, the Siege of Port Hudson continues

Union troops under General Nathaniel Banks surrounded the Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River in mid-May, 1863 and, after attempts to storm the fortress on May 27, 1863 and June 13, 1863 resulted in very heavy casualties among the attackers, settled into a seven week siege. Confederate General Franklin Gardner ended the conderable suffering of his 6,000 starving men and surrendered on July 9, 1863.  (By John Osborne)