Sam Hyde PhD.
"Port Hudson's Brutal Legacy: General Orders No. 33 and the Transformation of the War in Southeast Louisiana"
"Port Hudson's Brutal Legacy: General Orders No. 33 and the Transformation of the War in Southeast Louisiana"
Samuel Hyde is Leon Ford Endowed Chair, Professor of History, and Director of the Center for Southeast Louisiana Studies at Southeastern Louisiana University. He is author or editor of eleven books including the award winning Pistols and Politics: Feuds, Factions, and the Struggle for Order in Louisiana's Florida Parishes, 1810-1935. He is also script writer and narrator of five documentary films including American Crisis, American Shame: The National Consequences of Coastal Erosion, winner of the 2009 Gold Medal for Docu-drama Films at the New York International Film and Video Festival. His research has been featured in such national and international media outlets as the New York Times, Washington Post, British Broadcasting Corporation, History Channel, Discovery Channel, and the Travel Channel.
In the latter days of the Port Hudson siege disturbing actions and crimes against civilians happened with increasing frequency in the surrounding region. When the Confederate garrison surrendered the Federals assumed that southeast LA. would be essentially pacified. Instead, the residents, frequently operating in guerrilla bands, fought back with renewed vigor. The intensification of resistance, coupled with claims of crimes committed by pro-Confederate residents during the siege, led the Federals to issue General Orders No. 33 which allowed Union soldiers to make war on the civilian population in areas that continued to resist. The resulting tit for tat spiraling cycle of vicious actions by both sides led to a bloody legacy in southeast Louisiana.
In the latter days of the Port Hudson siege disturbing actions and crimes against civilians happened with increasing frequency in the surrounding region. When the Confederate garrison surrendered the Federals assumed that southeast LA. would be essentially pacified. Instead, the residents, frequently operating in guerrilla bands, fought back with renewed vigor. The intensification of resistance, coupled with claims of crimes committed by pro-Confederate residents during the siege, led the Federals to issue General Orders No. 33 which allowed Union soldiers to make war on the civilian population in areas that continued to resist. The resulting tit for tat spiraling cycle of vicious actions by both sides led to a bloody legacy in southeast Louisiana.
Lawrence Lee Hewitt PhD.
Lawrence Lee Hewitt, a native of Louisville, Kentucky, received his B.A. (1974) from the University of Kentucky and his M.A. (1977) and Ph.D. (1984) from Louisiana State University. He was the manager of the Port Hudson (1978-1982) and Camp Moore (1982-1986) Historic Sites in Louisiana and taught at Southeastern Louisiana University (1985-1996). He was a tenured full professor when he resigned to marry a native of Chicago, where he currently resides. The 1991 recipient of SLU’s President’s Award for Excellence in Research, the 1991 Charles L. Dufour Award, the 2011 Dr. Arthur W. Bergeron, Jr. Award, and the 2013 Nevins-Freeman Award, he is a past president of the Baton Rouge Civil War Round Table. His publications include Port Hudson, Confederate Bastion on the Mississippi (1987), The Confederate High Command… (1990), Leadership During the Civil War… (1992), Louisianians in the Civil War (2002), Kentuckians in Gray (2008), four volumes of Confederate Generals in the Western Theater (2010-2017), Lee and His Generals: Essays in Honor of T. Harry Williams (2012), two volumes of Confederate Generals in the Trans-Mississippi (2013, 2015), and, To Succeed or Perish: The Diaries of Sergeant Edmund Trent Eggleston, 1st Mississippi Light Artillery Regiment, CSA (2015), which won the 2016 General Basil W. Duke Literary Award. A third volume of Confederate Generals in the Trans-Mississippi will be out in 2018. He is currently writing a history of the Port Hudson Civil War photographs and biographies of Richard Heron Anderson and David Glasgow Farragut and researching a history of the 14th Louisiana Infantry and the siege of Port Hudson.
Russel Blount - Author/Historian
“The Characters of Port Hudson”
A discussion and power point presentation of some of the more important and memorable people who were present during the siege.
Russell W. Blount, Jr. is a retired senior vice president from the title insurance industry, and a former teacher of history at the high school level. A graduate of the University of South Alabama, he is the author of five books on the American Civil War and a number of articles and essays in various historical publications. An Alabama native, Blount is involved with many historical organizations such as the Historic Mobile Preservation Society, the History Museum of Mobile, the American Battlefield Trust, the Society of Civil War Historians, the Alabama Historical Association and the Mobile Civil War Roundtable. He is a frequent speaker at battlefield parks, museums, Civil War roundtables and other historical forums.
Dr. Samantha Cavell PhD.
A River Afire: the Naval Battle of Port Hudson
A River Afire: the Naval Battle of Port Hudson
The naval action that took place at Port Hudson on the night of March 14-15, 1863 saw Admiral David Farragut confront the might of seven major Confederate batteries in a desperate attempt to “run the guns” and bring his warships north of the town. His goal was to blockade the Red River and prevent the passage of Rebel ships that could threaten the Vicksburg campaign or aid in the defense of Port Hudson itself. This night action would, however, end in disaster for most of Farragut’s squadron while Rebel yells announced victory from atop the bluffs. The interservice rivalries between the U.S. Army and Navy and the clash of personalities among senior commanders only compounded the difficulties of the mission. They also show the devastating results of discord at the highest levels of military planning in the all-important mission to seize control of the Mississippi River.
Sam is the Assistant Professor in Military History at Southeastern Louisiana University and recipient of the Distinguished Teaching Endowed Professorship in the Humanities, 2019-2022. She obtained her PhD in Naval and Maritime History from the University of Exeter in the UK where she received the Exeter Research Fellowship. Her publications include Midshipmen and Quarterdeck Boys in the British Navy, chapter contributions to The Battle of New Orleans Reconsidered; From Across the Sea: Americans in Nelson’s Navy; U.S. Naval Academy’s New Interpretations in Naval History, plus numerous journal articles. She is a regular presenter at the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis and serves on the editorial board of the International Journal of Maritime History.
Sam is the Assistant Professor in Military History at Southeastern Louisiana University and recipient of the Distinguished Teaching Endowed Professorship in the Humanities, 2019-2022. She obtained her PhD in Naval and Maritime History from the University of Exeter in the UK where she received the Exeter Research Fellowship. Her publications include Midshipmen and Quarterdeck Boys in the British Navy, chapter contributions to The Battle of New Orleans Reconsidered; From Across the Sea: Americans in Nelson’s Navy; U.S. Naval Academy’s New Interpretations in Naval History, plus numerous journal articles. She is a regular presenter at the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis and serves on the editorial board of the International Journal of Maritime History.
Steven Michot PhD.
Post-Port Hudson: The Battle the Union Wanted to Forget
The topic will cover the 13 July 1863 Battle of Koch's Planation which involved 10,000 recently redeployed Union soldiers from the Port Hudson battlefield. Facing the Northerners were 1500 hard-driving Texas cavalrymen. In a spectacular show of warrior spirit, the Confederates drove the Union defenders from the field and achieved a lop-sided victory that the afterwar chroniclers tried to downplay.
Post-Port Hudson: The Battle the Union Wanted to Forget
The topic will cover the 13 July 1863 Battle of Koch's Planation which involved 10,000 recently redeployed Union soldiers from the Port Hudson battlefield. Facing the Northerners were 1500 hard-driving Texas cavalrymen. In a spectacular show of warrior spirit, the Confederates drove the Union defenders from the field and achieved a lop-sided victory that the afterwar chroniclers tried to downplay.
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Dr. Stephen Michot is a retired Professor of History. During his career he taught at Arkansas Northeast College, American Military University, and Nicholls State University. A native of Thibodaux, LA, Dr. Michot holds a B.A. in Government, three M.A.’s in History, Political Science, and Military Studies respectively, and a Ph.D. in History from Mississippi State University. Dr. Michot is a combat veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom and a past VFW Post Commander. His publications include Lafourche Country I; Lafourche Country II; “Friction in War: The Effects of Climate, Disease, and Morale at the Battle of Labadieville;” “The African-American Experience in Louisiana’s Lafourche Region during the Civil War;” “War is Still Raging in this Part of the Country: Oath-taking, Conscription, and Guerrilla War in Louisiana’s Lafourche Region;” and “In Relief of Port Hudson: Richard Taylor’s 1863 Lafourche Offensive.” Dr. Michot is a past recipient of the General Jay Matthews Award.
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