Named Entity Results, Port Hudson (Louisiana, United States)

n secrete, and told the people not to be discouraged because they did not hear from Lee over his own signature. --He would come out all right in the end. Mr. Stephens next spoke of the surrender of Vicksburg, and said that it was not an occurrence to cause discouragement or gloom; that the loss of Vicksburg was not as severe a blow as the loss of Fort Pillow, Island No.10, or New Orleans. The Confederacy had survived the loss of those points, and would survive the loss of Vicksburg, Port Hudson, and other places. Suppose, said he, we were to lose Mobile, Charleston, and Richmond, it would not affect the heart of the Confederacy. We could and would survive such losses, and finally secure our independence. He was not at all discouraged at the prospect; he never had the "blues" himself, and had no respect or sympathy for "croakers." The enemy has already appropriated twenty seven hundred millions of dollars and one million of men for our subjugation, and, after two years war, ha

The siege and fall of Port Hudson. the investment — repulse of the Assaults.--the Famous negro slaughter — Summons to surrender. More Assaults. The garrison Eating mules and rats. An earthquake — particulars of the surrender, &c., &c. An officer who succeeded in passing out from Port Hudson while the surrender was taking place, on the 9th inst., furnishes a highly interesting account of the siege and fall of that post. Its defence was nothing short, in bravery and pertinacityPort Hudson while the surrender was taking place, on the 9th inst., furnishes a highly interesting account of the siege and fall of that post. Its defence was nothing short, in bravery and pertinacity, of that of Vicksburg. The siege may be said to have commenced on the 20th of May, and lasted two months. On the 26th the investment was completed, and on the 27th the first grand assault took place. We extract from the narrative published in the Mobile Advertiser some of the particulars: On the left, where the main assault was made, the attack was made by a brigade of negroes, comprising about three regiments, together with the same force of white Yankees, across a bridge which had be<