Connecticut 25th Volunteer Infantry (Union)
11/11/62
Organized - Connecticut 25th Volunteer Infantry - Connecticut
4/14/63
Battle - Irish Bend - St Mary Parish, Louisiana
5/21/63
Battle - Port Hudson - East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana; East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana
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
6/23/63
Battle - Brashear City, Louisiana
8/26/63
Mustered Out - Connecticut 25th Volunteer Infantry - Connecticut
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