Two ships deny Confederate traffic above Port Hudson

Only Hartford and the gunboat Albatross, lashed alongside her, completed Farragut's run above Port Hudson. Their position between Port Hudson and Vicksburg stopped Confederate vessels from moving troops and supplies along that section of the Mississippi. This was effective river denial even though the Union could not yet use the whole waterway freely. Grant and Porter later closed Vicksburg from the north while Farragut maintained pressure from below. Vicksburg surrendered before Port Hudson, whose subsequent fall completed Union control of the river and divided the Confederacy.