<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War" id="mwlw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Army" id="mwmA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Union Army">Union Army</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Plains_Store" id="mwmQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Plains Store">succeeds</a> in closing off the last escape route from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Hudson,_Louisiana" id="mwmg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Port Hudson, Louisiana">Port Hudson, Louisiana</a>, in preparation for the coming <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Port_Hudson" id="mwmw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Siege of Port Hudson">siege</a>.