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John Henry DAME

John Henry DAME

Male 1844 - 1863  (19 years)

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  • Name John Henry DAME 
    Born 8 Apr 1844  Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Military Event Civil War - 38th MA Inf, Co F,:Pvt  [1] 
    Served Civil War? Y 
    Married? N 
    Military Flag Y 
    Cause of Death Killed in battle 
    Died 25 May 1863  Port Hudson, E Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I200  Main
    Last Modified 17 Dec 2023 

    Father Samuel DAME,   b. 17 Feb 1815, Shapleigh, York, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Feb 1868, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years) 
    Mother Cynthia Briggs INGALLS,   b. 11 Apr 1815, Sullivan, Hancock, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Sep 1868, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years) 
    Married 31 Dec 1837  Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F83  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 8 Apr 1844 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Siege of Port Hudson (1863)
      May 21-July 9, 1863

      Principal Commanders: Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks [US]; Maj. Gen. Franklin Gardner [CS]

      Forces Engaged: XIX Army Corps, Army of the Gulf [US]; Confederate forces, 3rd District, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana, Port Hudson [CS]

      Estimated Casualties: 12,208 total (US 5,000; CS 7,208)

      Description: In cooperation with Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant’s offensive against Vicksburg, Union Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks’s army moved against the Confederate stronghold at Port Hudson on the Mississippi River. On May 27, after their frontal assaults were repulsed, the Federals settled into a siege which lasted for 48 days. Banks renewed his assaults on June 14 but the defenders successfully repelled them. On July 9, 1863, after hearing of the fall of Vicksburg, the Confederate garris/o Port Hudson surrendered, opening the Mississippi River to Union navigation from its source to New Orleans.

      Result: Union victory«s77»

  • Sources 
    1. [S77] Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, National Park Service.


Notes

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Updated 23 Dec 2023