This, the newest release of Artist Joe Umble, of Virginia, is a colorful historic work depicting the highly accurate fire of Port Hudson's Confederate River Batteries upon a portion of the Union fleet of Admiral David G. Farragut. The grounded and burning USS Mississippi lies helpless as the bonfires on the western bank backlight her and provide a perfect silhouetted target for the gray gunners to continue her destruction by the blasting of deadly accurate hot shot. Her fate is sealed. The attempted passage lasted three hours and would cost the Union Navy 110 casualties and the loss of the USS Mississippi. It was this single Confederate victory that incited the Union forces to lay siege in order to silence the guns of this "Bastion on the Mississippi".

"Contemporaries and historians have labeled the passage a tactical failure and not because of Confederate gunfire. Yet they also generally described it as an important strategic victory. The failure of five out of seven vessels to pass the batteries confirms the first conclusion, but the Confederate gunners deserve the credit."
Lawrence Lee Hewitt, "Port Hudson, Confederate Bastion on the Mississippi"
LSU Press

This beautiful piece of historic artwork is available as an artist signed limited edition print through the Captain James W. Bryan Camp 1390 Sons of Confederate Veterans Lake Charles, LA All proceeds go to further the cause of our Confederate Heritage.

Battle of Port Hudson
by Joe Umble, artist
Limited Edition of 300 signed/numbered prints.
Cost: $69.95, plus $10 shipping/handling. Make checks payable to Sons of Confederate Veterans, and send to P.O. Box 12097, Lake Charles, LA 70612

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