Union Soldiers at Port Hudson

Although the Union Army units which participated in the siege of Port Hudson are known, I have found no good sources for lists of the personnel who actually served there. The following list is very small, and consists of the commanding officers and other names which I have found mentioned in books, letters, and other sources. There were reportedly around 30,000 Union troops under General Banks' command at Port Hudson at one time during the siege, so there are plenty of names to be found. If anyone has names of soldiers who are known to have been present during the siege, please send them for inclusion.

LAST NAME	FIRST NAME	RANK	UNIT	NOTES

Ainsworth	Ira W	Col.	177th N.Y.	Cmdr., 177th N.Y.
Aldrich	John	Maj.	15th N.H.
Allcot	John H	Maj.	133rd N.Y.	Cmdr., 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division after Col. Fearing took 3rd Division command.
Andrews	George	Brig. Gen.	Staff	Chief of Staff, Dept. of the Gulf.
Angus	Felix	Capt.	165th N.Y.	Cmdr., 165th N.Y. after Col. Smith was wounded.
Arnold	Richard	Brig. Gen.	Staff	Chief of Artillery.
Atwood	George M	Col.	24th Maine	Cmdr., 24th Maine.
Augur	Christopher C	Maj. Gen.	Staff	Cmdr., 1st Division, XIX Corps.
Ayers	J B	Capt.	14th N.Y. Cav.
Babcock	Willoughby	Lt. Col.	75th N.Y.	Wounded on June 14, 1863.
Bacon	Edward	Lt. Col.	6th Mich.	Cmdr., 6th Mich.
Bailey	George	Capt. or Lt.	53rd Mass.	Wounded.
Bailey	Joseph	Capt.	4th Wisc.	Engineer.
Bailey	Nathaniel	Pvt.	22nd Maine ?	Killed.
Bainbridge	Edmond C	Capt.	1st U.S., Battery G	Cmdr., 1st U.S., Battery G.
Bains	J M	Lt.	1st Vt. Battery
Bangs, Jr.	Isaac S	Lt. Col.	9th Corps D'Afrique	Cmdr., 9th Inf. Corps D'Afrique.
Banks	Nathaniel P	Maj. Gen.	XIX Corps	Cmdr., XIX Army Corps, Army of the Gulf.
Barnes	James	Capt.	21st N.Y. Battery	Cmdr., 21st N.Y. Battery.
Barrett	William M	Capt.	8th N.H.	Cmdr., 8th N.H.
Bartlett	Ozias E	Lt.	21st Maine
Bartlett	William F	Col.	49th Mass.	Cmdr., 49th Mass.
Bassett	Chauncy J	Lt. Col.	1st La. Native Guards	Cmdr., 1st La. Native Guards.
Bean	Sidney A	Col.	4th Wisc.	Cmdr., 4th Wisc. Killed.
Beecher	Harris	Surgeon	114th N.Y.
Belville	Edward	Pvt.	8th Vt.
Benedict	Lewis	Col.	162nd N.Y.	Cmdr., 162nd N.Y.
Bickmore	A S	Lt. Col.	14th Maine
Birge	Henry W	Col.	Staff	Cmdr., 3nd Brigade, 4th Division.
Bishop	George	Maj.	6th Corps D'Afrique	Cmdr., 6th Inf. Corps D'Afrique.
Blair	Henry W	Lt. Col.	15th N.H.	Wounded.
Blake	Charles W	Capt.	3rd La. Native Guards	Cmdr., 3rd La. Native Guards, after Col. Nelson.
Blake	L R	Capt.	4th Wisc.	Wounded/killed?
Blanchard	Justus W	Lt. Col.	162nd N.Y.	Cmdr., 162nd N.Y.
Bogard	James	Maj.	162nd Mass.	Wounded/killed?
Bradley	Theodore	Lt.	2nd U.S., Battery C	Cmdr., 2nd U.S., Battery C.
Branning	George	Capt.	14th N.Y. Cav.	Cmdr., 14th N.Y. Cav.
Browning	Silas W	Pvt.	53rd Mass.
Bryan	Michael K	Col.	175th N.Y.	Killed.
Buckley	Robert	Sgt.	25th Conn.	Killed.
Bullock	William W.	Lt. Col.	30th Mass.	Cmdr., 30th Mass.
Burt	Charles A	Lt. Col.	159th N.Y.	Cmdr., 159th N.Y.
Butler	George F	Pvt.		Killed.
Cailloux	Andre	Capt.	1st La. Native Guards
Callender	George E	Pvt.	49th Mass.	Wounded/killed?
Cameron	Charles	Pvt.	131st N.Y.
Carpenter	George N	Sgt. Maj.	8th Vt.
Carr	Gouverneur	Maj.	165th N.Y.	Wounded.
Chamberlin	Edwin M	Lt.	12th Mass. Battery	Cmdr., one section, 12th Mass Battery.
Chapin	Edward P	Col.	Staff	Cmdr. of 1st Brigade, 1st Division. Killed.
Chickering	Thomas E	Col.	41st Mass.	Cmdr., 41st Mass. (3rd Mass. Cav.).
Clark	Sidney E	Capt.	12th Conn.
Clark	Orton	Lt.	Staff
Clark	Thomas S	Col.	6th Mich.	Cmdr., 6th Mich.
Cleary	Francis	Sgt.	31st Mass.	Mortally wounded.
Closson	Henry		1st U.S., Battery L	Cmdr., 1st U.S., Battery L.
Cohen	Patrick H	Pvt.	133rd N.Y.
Comstock	Apollos	Capt.	12th Conn.	Cmdr., 12th Conn.
Conant	Charles E	Corp.	8th N.H.	Wounded.
Corden	John	Capt.	6th Mich.
Corliss	Augustus W	Lt. Col.	2nd R.I. Cav.	Cmdr., 2nd R.I. Cav.
Cottle	Edmond	Pvt.	4th Mass.
Cowles	Davis S	Col.	128th N.Y.	Killed.
Cox	Clayton	Capt.	1st Ind. Hvy. Arty.
Crosby	Henry	Capt.	22nd Maine	Wounded.
Crydenwise	Henry	Sgt.	90th N.Y.
Currie	Leonard	Col.	133rd N.Y.	Cmdr., 133rd N.Y. Wounded.
Dana	John W	Lt.	Signal Corps	Signal Officer
Dane	William	Pvt.	41st Mass.	Killed.
Darling	Henry A	Lt.	25th Conn.	Post Commissary.
Day	Nicholas W	Lt. Col.	131st N.Y.	Cmdr., 131st N.Y.
Deforest	John William	Capt.	12th Conn.
Deming	Burton D	Lt. Col.	49th Mass.	Killed.
Dickey	William	Lt.	6th Mich.	Gen. Dwight's staff.
Dillingham	Charles	Lt. Col.	9th Vt.	Cmdr., 9th Vt.
Dow	Neal	Brig. Gen.	Staff	Cmdr., 1st Brigade, 2nd Division. Wounded, and later taken prisoner by Confederates.
Drew	Charles W	Col.	4th La. Native Guards	Cmdr., 4th La. Native Guards.
Dudley	Nathan A M	Col.	Staff	Cmdr., 3rd Brigade, 1st Division.
Duryea	Richard C	Capt.	1st U.S., Battery F	Cmdr., 1st U.S., Battery F.
Duston	Charles		6th Mich.
Dwight	William	Brig. Gen.	Staff	Cmdr., 2nd Division, XIX Corps, after Sherman was wounded on May 27.
Dyer	Hadley P	Sgt.	21st Maine	Killed.
Earl	Isaac	Corp.	4th Wisc.
Eaton	Stephen	Lt.	Signal Corps	Signal Officer
Emerson	Charles	Corp.	8th N.H.	Wounded.
Everett	Charles	Lt. Col.	2nd La.	Cmdr. of 2nd La Inf Regt. Wounded at Plains Store.
Fearing, Jr.	Hawkes	Col.	Staff	Cmdr., 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division. Took command of 3rd Division when Gen. Paine was wounded.
Ferris	Samuel P	Col.	28th Conn.	Cmdr., 28th Conn. Later Cmdr., 1st Brigade, 3rd Division.
Fessenden	Anson	Capt.	53rd Mass.
Fineglass	David	Col.	3rd La. Native Guards
Fiske	William O	Lt. Col.	1st La.	Cmdr., 1st La.
Fitts	James Franklin	Capt.	114th N.Y.
Fuller	James K	Capt.	133rd N.Y.	Cmdr., 133rd N.Y. after Col. Currie is wounded.
Gallup	Loren	Capt.	26th Conn.
Gallway	A Power	Maj.	173rd N.Y.	Cmdr., 173rd N.Y. Mortally wounded.
Garnsey		Capt.	2nd La.	Wounded at Plains Store.
Garrison	Abram	Corp.	6th Mich.
Gifford	E	Capt.	128th N.Y.	Died of pneumonia.
Godfrey	J Franklin	Capt.	1st La. Cav.	Cmdr., 1st La. Cav. (detachment).
Gooding	Oliver P	Col.	Staff	Cmdr., 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division.
Goodwin	J	Pvt.	48th Mass.
Gordon	S C	Surgeon	13th Maine
Grannise		Capt.	12th Conn.
Gray	John	Capt.	175th N.Y.	Cmdr., 175th N.Y. after Lt. Col. Bryan was killed.
Greenleaf	Halbert	Col.	52nd Mass.	Cmdr., 52nd Mass.
Grierson	Benjamin H	Col.	Staff	Cmdr. of Union Cavalry.
Griffin	Eli	Capt.	6th Mich.
Griffin	Roger	Corp.	48th Mass.
Hall	John Emory	Pvt.	6th Mich.
Hall	Richard B	Capt.	2nd Mass. Battery
Halladay	W E	Corp.	8th Vt.
Halstead		Capt.	49th Mass.
Hansburgh	D H	Pvt.	128th N.Y.
Harris	Alpheus S	Pvt.	50th Mass.
Harrower	Gabriel T	Col.	161st N.Y.	Cmdr., 161st N.Y.
Hartshorn	Lowell S (L)	Pvt.	15th N.H.
Haywood	William		52nd Mass.
Hebard	George T	Capt.	1st Vt. Battery	Cmdr., 1st Vt. Battery.
Hershey	Albert J	Capt.	16th N.H.
Higgins	John	Capt.	116th N.Y.	Cmdr., 116th N.Y.
Hoag	David D	Capt.	28th Conn.	Mortally wounded.
Hodge	Justin	Col.	1st La. Engrs., Corps D'Afrique	Cmdr., 1st La. Engrs., Corps D'Afrique.
Hodges	William T	Capt.	41st Mass. Mounted
Hoffman	Wickham	Adjutant	Staff	Gen. Sherman's staff, later Gen. Dwight's staff.
Holcomb	Richard	Col.	1st La.	Cmdr., 1st La. Later Cmdr., 1st Brigade, 4th Division. Killed on June 14.
Holcombe	Pythagoras E	Capt.	2nd Vt. Battery	Cmdr., 2nd Vt. Battery.
Hopkins	W S B	Lt. Col.	31st Mass.	Cmdr., 31st Mass. (7 companies).
Horn	Samuel	Pvt.	8th Vt.	Killed.
Hosmer	James	Corp.	52nd Mass.
Houston	David C	Maj.	Chief of Engrs
Hubbard	John B	Col.	Staff	Gen. Weitzel's staff. Killed on May 27.
Hubbard	Nathaniel	Col.	26th Maine	Cmdr., 26th Maine.
Hunt	James L	Capt.	Maine
Hunt	Robert		Maine	Killed.
Ilsley	Edward	Lt. Col.	12th Maine	Cmdr., 12th Maine.
Ingraham	Timothy	Col.	Staff	Cmdr., 1st Brigade, 3rd Division.
Irwin	Richard	Lt. Col.	Adj. Gen.
Jerrard	Simon G	Col.	22nd Maine	Cmdr., 22nd Maine.
Jewett	Orville D	Capt.	156th N.Y.
Johns	Henry	Qm.	49th Mass.
Johnson	Benjamin C	Pvt.	6th Mich.
Johnson	Elijah D	Col.	21st Maine	Cmdr., 21st Maine.
Jones	David	Lt.	116th N.Y.	Mortally wounded.
Keating	George	Maj.	174th N.Y.	Cmdr., 174th N.Y.
Keese	Francis S	Capt.	128th N.Y.	Cmdr., 128th N.Y. after Col. Cowles is killed.
Keith	John A	Col.	1st Ind. Hvy. Arty.	Cmdr., 1st Ind. Heavy Artillery.
Kennedy	Charles	Capt.	156th N.Y.
Kimball	Dennison S	Corp.	53rd Mass.	Killed.
Kimball	John W	Col.	53rd Mass.	Cmdr., 53rd Mass.
Kimball	William K	Col.	Staff	Cmdr., 2nd Brigade, 4th Division.
Kingman	John W	Col.	15th N.H.	Cmdr., 15th N.H.
Kingsley	Thomas G	Col.	26th Conn.	Wounded.
Kinney	R C	Capt.	116th N.Y.
Larabee	Augustus		6th Mich.
Lincoln	J K	Chaplin	22nd Maine
Loomis	Reuben	Col.	6th Ill. Cav.	Cmdr., 6th Ill. Cav.
Love	George M	Maj.	116th N.Y.	Cmdr., 116th N.Y. Wounded.
Lull	Oliver W	Lt. Col.	8th N.H.	Cmdr., 8th N.H. Killed on May 27.
Lyman	Daniel W	Pvt.	52nd Mass.
Mack	Albert G	Capt.	18th N.Y. Battery	Cmdr., 18th N.Y. Battery.
Maddocks	Elden B	Pvt.	26th Maine
Magee	James	Capt.	2nd Mass. Cav. Battn.	Cmdr., 2nd Mass. Cav. Battn.
Mansfield	Samuel M	Col.	24th Conn.	Cmdr., 24th Conn.
Martens	William		116th N.Y.
Mason	D B	Lt.	4th Wisc.	Wounded/killed?
McGregor	Charles	Corp.	15th N.H.
Mclaflin	Edward		1st Ind. Hvy. Arty.
Merritt	Robert B	Col.	75th N.Y.	Cmdr., 75th N.Y.
Messer	Charles P	Col.	50th Mass.	Cmdr., 50th Mass.
Mettimus	Edward		8th N.H.	Killed.
Moore	Webster P	Maj	4th Wisc.	Cmdr., 4th Wisc.
Moors	J F	Chaplin
Morgan	Joseph	Col.	90th N.Y.	Cmdr., 90th N.Y. Later Cmdr., 1st Brigade, 4th Division after death of Col. Holcomb on June 14.
Morton	John E	Lt.	1st Maine Battery	Cmdr., 1st Maine Battery.
Moulton	Charles		6th Mich.
Mowers	Cornelius F	Maj.	7th Corps D'Afrique	Cmdr., 7th Inf. Corps D'Afrique.
Mudgett	William S	Lt. Col.	8th Corps D'Afrique	Cmdr., 8th Inf. Corps D'Afrique.
Murphy	Patrick		1st La.
Murray		Sgt.	49th Mass.
Nelson	John A	Col.	3rd La. Native Guards	Cmdr., 3rd La. Native Guards.
Nickerson	Frank S	Brig. Gen.	Staff	Cmdr., 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division.
Nims	Ormand F	Capt.	2nd Mass. Battery	Cmdr., 2nd Mass. Battery.
Norcross		Lt. Col.	30th Mass.	Wounded at Plains Store.
Noyes	Nicholas	Lt.
O'Brien	James	Lt. Col.	48th Mass.	Killed.
Paine	Charles J	Col.	2nd La.	Cmdr, 1st Brigade, 1st Division.
Paine	Halbert E	Brig. Gen.	Staff	Cmdr., 3rd Division, XIX Corps. Wounded on June 14, lost his leg as a result.
Palfrey	John C	Capt.	Staff	Engineer.
Peck	Frank H	Col.	12th Conn.	Cmdr., 12th Conn. Wounded.
Pellet	Elias P	Capt.	114th N.Y.
Perkins	Solon A	Capt.	2nd Mass. Battn.	Wounded/killed?
Perkins	Washington	Lt.	15th N.H.
Phelps	John F	Lt.	6th Mass. Battery	Cmdr., 6th Mass. Battery.
Pike	James	Col.	16th N.H.	Cmdr., 16th N.H.
Planciancois	Anselino	Sgt.	1st La. Native Guards
Plunkett	Charles T	Maj.	49th Mass.	Cmdr., 49th Mass., after Col. Bartlett was wounded.
Porter	Thomas W	Col.	14th Maine	Cmdr., 14th Maine.
Powers	George W	Corp.	38th Mass.
Prescott	Thomas	Lt.	8th N.H.	Wounded.
Preston	Francis W	Sgt.	13th Conn.
Prince	Edward	Col.	7th Ill. Cav.	Cmdr., 7th Ill. Cav.
Rawls	Jacob B	Capt.	5th U.S., Battery G	Cmdr., 5th U.S., Battery G.
Reinhard	Fred W	Lt.	4th Mass. Battery	Cmdr., 4th Mass. Battery.
Renaud	Clement	Capt.	1st La.
Rice	Jonathan J	Corp.	159th N.Y.	Killed.
Richardson	James P	Maj.	38th Mass.	Cmdr., 38th Mass.
Roach		Capt.	12th Conn.
Robinson	Harai	Maj.	1st La. Cav.	Cmdr., 1st La. Cav.
Roby		Lt.	Engrs.	Killed.
Rodman	William	Col.	38th Mass.	Killed on May 27.
Rogers	George W	Capt.	173rd N.Y.	Cmdr., 173rd N.Y. after Maj. Gallway was wounded.
Rosensteiner	Nels	Corp.	165th N.Y.	Wounded/killed?
Roy	William	Capt.	1st Ind. Hvy. Arty.	Cmdr., 1st Ind. Heavy Artillery (one company).
Sage	Clinton H	Col.	110th N.Y.	Cmdr., 110th N.Y.
Savery	John	Capt.	75th N.Y.	Wounded.
Sayles	Frank	Capt.	Staff	Gen. Banks' staff.
Seavey	Alfred B	Lt.	15th N.H.
Selden	J	Lt. Col.	26th Conn.	Cmdr., 26th Conn.
Sharp	Jacob	Lt. Col.	156th N.Y.	Cmdr., 156th N.Y.
Shaurman	Nelson	Maj.	90th N.Y.	Cmdr., 90th N.Y. after June 14.
Sherman	Edgar Jay	Captain	48th Mass.
Sherman	Thomas W	Brig. Gen.	Staff	Cmdr., 2nd Division, XIX Corps. Wounded on May 27, 1863.
Shields	John	Lt.	159th N.Y.
Siggins	Thomas	Lt.	49th Mass.
Sipples	William		114th N.Y.	Killed.
Smith	Curtis	Corp.	8th N.H.
Smith	Elisha B	Col.	114th N.Y.	Cmdr., 114th N.Y. Killed.
Smith	F W	Capt.	49th Mass.	Wounded.
Smith	James	Lt. Col.	128th N.Y.	Cmdr., 128th N.Y.
Smith	Robert	Pvt.	159th N.Y.
Smith, Jr.	Abel	Col.	165th N.Y.	Cmdr., 165th N.Y. Mortally wounded.
Spalding	Wilber F	Pvt.	6th Mich.
Spanburg	William	Sgt.	159th N.Y.	Wounded/killed?
Sprague	Homer	Capt.	13th Conn.
Stanwood	Eban	Col.	48th Mass.	Wounded.
Stanyon	John Minot	Capt.	8th N.H.	Wounded.
Stark	Henry	Capt.	6th Mich.
Stone	Charles P	Brig. Gen.	Staff	Chief of Staff to Gen. Banks.
Stone	Eben F	Col.	48th Mass.	Cmdr., 48th Mass.
Stork	Herman		3rd Mass.?	Killed.
Story	George		128th N.Y.
Stowell	Cyrus	Corp.	52nd Mass.	Killed.
Stratton	Joel A	Capt.	53rd Mass.	Wounded.
Sturges	Morrell	Pvt.	114th N.Y.	Killed.
Sumner	S B	Lt. Col.	49th Mass.	Wounded.
Tabor	William	Pvt.	15th N.H.	Won Medal of Honor.
Thomas	Stephen	Capt.	12th Conn.	Wounded.
Thompson	George	Lt.	8th N.H.	Killed.
Thompson	Josiah D	Pvt.	12th N.H.
Thorpe	Gould H	Capt.	165th N.Y.	Wounded.
Tiemann	William	1st. Lt.	159th N.Y.
Tucker	Joseph	Lt. Col.	49th Mass.	Wounded at Plains Store.
Tucker	Joseph	Lt.	(?) Mass.	Wounded.
Turner	Charles	Pvt.	114th N.Y.	Executed in 1864 for abandoning his post in June, 1863 at Port Hudson.
Ullman	Daniel	Brig. Gen.	Staff	Cmdr., Corps D'Afrique.
Van Alstyne	Lawrence	Qm. Sgt.	128th N.Y.
Van Petten	John A	Col.	160th N.Y.	Cmdr., 160th N.Y.
Van Slyck	Charles L	Lt. Col.	128th N.Y.	Wounded.
Van Zandt	Jacob	Col.	91st N.Y.	Cmdr., 91st N.Y.
Vosburg	William		75th N.Y.	Killed.
Walker	Duncan	Capt.	Staff	Gen. Banks' staff.
Walker	Henry	Col.	4th Mass.	Cmdr., 4th Mass.
Walker	Madison O	Sgt.	6th Mich.
Wallace	A W	Lt.	21st Maine
Warner	Alexander	Lt. Col.	13th Conn.
Weber		Adjutant	Staff	Col. Dudley's staff.
Weitzel	Godfrey	Brig. Gen.	Staff	Cmdr., 2nd Brigade, 1st Division. Also commanded entire right flank of the Union forces.
Weld	Mason C	Lt. Col.	25th Conn.	Cmdr., 25th Conn.
Wescome	William B	Maj.	28th Conn.	Cmdr., 28th Conn.
Wheeler	Mark H	Pvt.	28th Conn.	Killed.
Wilkinson	Robert F	Capt.	128th N.Y.
Williams	Benjamin	Hosp. Steward	26th Maine
Williams	John	Pvt.	31st Mass.
Wilson	Henry	Pvt.	22nd Maine	Killed.
Windsor	Frederick	Surgeon	49th Mass.
Woodman	Ephriam W	Col.	28th Maine	Cmdr., 28th Maine (detachment).
Woods	J P	Amb. Steward	31st Mass.
Worthing	John P	Lt.	161st N.Y.
Zulavsky	Ladislas	Lt. Col.	10th Corps D'Afrique	Cmdr., 10th Inf. Corps D'Afrique.

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