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Maine 28th Volunteer Infantry (Union)

1862-10-18

Organized - Maine 28th Volunteer Infantry - Maine

1863-05-21

Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Thomas W. Sherman

Brigadier GeneralThomas W. Sherman

1863-05-21

Battle - Port Hudson - East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana; East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana

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Port Hudson

In cooperation with Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's final offensive against Vicksburg, Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks's army moved against the Confederate stronghold at Port Hudson on the Mississippi River. Like Vicksburg, Port Hudson was located atop high bluffs at the river bank that commanded the river. On May 11th, Banks learned that some Confederates had been moved from Port Hudson to support the forces defending Vicksburg, so he sought to move upon the garrison before those troops could be replaced. Banks…READ MORE

1863-06-28

Battle - Second Donaldsville - Ascension Parish, Louisiana

1863-06-28

Battle - Donaldsonville, Louisiana

1863-08-31

Mustered Out - Maine 28th Volunteer Infantry - Maine

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