Port Hudson in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)
Mississippi Redoubt
Photographed By Cajun Scrambler, January 5, 2019
1. Mississippi Redoubt Marker
"Lieut. Rhodes...deployed his men at intervals so as to occupy the whole ridge commenced firing on the enemy [black Union troops] both front and rear doing terrible execution and throwing them into confusion and disorder, they still continued to advance until they reached to within about two hundred yards of the extreme left, when the artillery opened on them with cannister and at the same time the infantry (in their great anxiety to fire, firing without orders) opened on them driving them back in confusion and disorder with terrible slaughter."
39th Mississippi Infantry Regiment,
Commander of Mississippi Redoubt
Scene of one of the deadliest Union assaults of the Port Hudson siege, Mississippi Redoubt is located on the extreme left of the Confederate line. These works commanded the high ground over-looking the Telegraph Road from Port Hudson to Bayou Sara. Under the command of Colonel Winchester B. Shelby, Mississippi Redoubt was manned by the 39th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, a detachment of the 9th Louisiana (Wingfield's) Partisan Rangers, and cannons from Battery B, 1st Mississippi Light Artillery.
Mississippi Redoubt was the focal point of only one large assault during the siege. On the morning of May 27, Shelby's forward rifle pits.came
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Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant historical date for this entry is May 27, 1863.
Location. 30° 41.391′ N, 91° 17.415′ W. Marker is in Port Hudson, Louisiana, in East Feliciana Parish. Marker can be reached from U.S. 61. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 236 Highway 61, Jackson LA 70748, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Slaughter Pen (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Bennett's Redoubt (about 800 feet away); Bennett's House and Battery (approx. 0.2 miles away); Major Bennett's Lunette (approx. ¼ mile away); Union Battery No. 3 (approx. 0.4 miles away); Union Battery No. 4 (approx. 0.4 miles away); Union Battery No. 5 (approx. 0.4 miles away); Alabama-Arkansas Redoubt (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Port Hudson.
More about this marker. Located inside the Port Hudson State Historic Site.
Photographed By Cajun Scrambler, January 5, 2019
2. Mississippi Redoubt Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on September 8, 2023. It was originally submitted on January 5, 2019, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 383 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 5, 2019.
