▁Another ▁account ▁suggests ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁assigned ▁as ▁an ▁a ide ▁to ▁Confeder ate ▁General ▁William ▁Be all ▁and ▁accompanied ▁him ▁to ▁Port ▁Hudson , ▁Louisiana , ▁which ▁was ▁bes ie ged ▁and ▁captured ▁by ▁Union ▁troops ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 3 . ▁White ' s ▁presence ▁at ▁Port ▁Hudson , ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁ 1 8 ▁years ▁old , ▁is ▁supported ▁by ▁a ▁second hand ▁account ▁of ▁a ▁post war ▁dinner ▁conversation ▁he ▁had ▁with ▁Senator ▁Kn ute ▁Nelson ▁of ▁Minnesota , ▁a ▁Union ▁veter an ▁of ▁Port ▁Hudson , ▁and ▁another ▁rec ount ed ▁by ▁Admir al ▁George ▁De we y ▁( then ▁a ▁Federal ▁naval ▁officer ▁at ▁Port ▁Hudson ), ▁in ▁both ▁of ▁which ▁White ▁referred ▁to ▁being ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁bes ie ged ▁forces . ▁But ▁White ' s ▁name ▁does ▁not ▁appear ▁on ▁any ▁list ▁of ▁prisoners ▁captured ▁at ▁Port ▁Hudson . ▁According ▁to ▁another ▁account ▁of ▁question able ▁reli ability , ▁White ▁was ▁supposed ly ▁sent ▁to ▁a ▁Mississippi ▁prisoner ▁of ▁war ▁camp . ▁( As ▁pract ically ▁all ▁Confeder ate ▁soldiers ▁of ▁en list ed ▁rank ▁of ▁the ▁Port ▁Hudson ▁g arrison ▁were ▁par o led , ▁and ▁officers ▁sent ▁to ▁prison ▁in ▁New ▁Orleans ▁and ▁later ▁to ▁Johnson ' s ▁Island , ▁Ohio , ▁this ▁account ▁is ▁likely ▁not ▁true .) ▁When ▁White ▁was ▁par o led , ▁he ▁supposed ly ▁returned ▁to ▁the ▁family ▁plant ation ▁to ▁find ▁it ▁abandoned , ▁the ▁can ef ield s ▁bar ren , ▁and ▁the ▁place ▁nearly