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To some of us, this was the "real" 15th Arkansas. Colonel Benjamin Washington Johnson and his men heroically defended Fort Desperate at Port Hudson during the entire siege without being relieved even briefly by other units. They repelled two major attacks on their position and one minor one. Fort Desperate is one of the highlights of the historic trail at the Port Hudson State Historic Site.

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