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See also:PORT See also:HUDSON , a See also:village in See also:East See also:Baton See also:Rouge See also:Parish, See also:Louisiana, U.S.A., on the See also:left See also:bank of the See also:Mississippi, about 135 M. above New See also:- ORLEANS
- ORLEANS, CHARLES, DUKE OF (1391-1465)
- ORLEANS, DUKES OF
- ORLEANS, FERDINAND PHILIP LOUIS CHARLES HENRY, DUKE OF (1810-1842)
- ORLEANS, HENRI, PRINCE
- ORLEANS, HENRIETTA, DUCHESS
- ORLEANS, JEAN BAPTISTE GASTON, DUKE
- ORLEANS, LOUIS
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE JOSEPH
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ROBERT, DUKE
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE, DUKE OF (1725–1785)
- ORLEANS, LOUIS, DUKE OF (1372–1407)
- ORLEANS, PHILIP I
- ORLEANS, PHILIP II
Orleans. At the See also:sharp turn of the Mississippi here the Confederates in 1862 built on the commanding bluffs powerful batteries covering a stretch of about 3 m., their strongest fortifications along the Mississippi between New Orleans and See also:Vicksburg. On the See also:night of the 14th of See also:March 1863 See also:Admiral See also:Farragut, with seven vessels, attempted to run past the batteries, commanded by Brigadier-See also:General See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William M. See also:Gardner, but four of his vessels were disabled and forced to turn back, one, the " Mississippi " was destroyed, and only two, the " See also:Hartford " and the " See also:Albatross " got past. General N. P. See also:Banks's See also:land attack, on the 27th of May, was unsuccessful, the See also:Union loss, nearly 2000, being six times that of the Confederates. A second attack on the 14th of See also:June, entailed a further Union loss of about 1800 men. But on the 9th of See also:July, two days after the See also:news of the surrender of Vicksburg, after a See also:siege of 45 days, General Gardner surrendered the position to General Banks with about 6400 men, 50 guns, 5000 small arms and See also:ammunition, and two See also:river steamers. The Union losses during the siege were probably more than 4000; the Confederate losses about 800. The See also:capture of Vicksburg and Port Hudson secured to the Union the See also:control of the Mississippi.
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