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Mutiny at Fort Jackson : the untold story of the fall of New Orleans / Michael D. Pierson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pierson, Michael D.
- Series:
- Civil War America.
- Civil War America
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mutiny--Louisiana--New Orleans--History--19th century.
- Mutiny.
- Soldiers--Louisiana--New Orleans--Social conditions--19th century.
- Soldiers.
- Unionists (United States Civil War)--Louisiana--New Orleans.
- Unionists (United States Civil War).
- Fort Jackson (La.)--History.
- Fort Jackson (La.).
- New Orleans (La.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
- New Orleans (La.).
- New Orleans (La.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects.
- United States.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, German American.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, Irish American.
- Confederate States of America. Army--History.
- Confederate States of America.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (265 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- New Orleans was the largest city--and one of the richest--in the Confederacy, protected in part by Fort Jackson, which was just sixty-five miles down the Mississippi River. On April 27, 1862, Confederate soldiers at Fort Jackson rose up in mutiny against their commanding officers. New Orleans fell to Union forces soon thereafter. Although the Fort Jackson mutiny marked a critical turning point in the Union's campaign to regain control of this vital Confederate financial and industrial center, it has received surprisingly little attention from historians. Michael Pierson examines newly uncovere
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Massacre on the Levee; 1 Fort Jackson and the Defense of New Orleans; 2 Confederate New Orleans, February 1861 to May 1862; 3 Cannoneers, Regulars, and Jagers: Inside Fort Jackson before the Mutiny; 4 The Mutiny at Fort Jackson and the Collapse of Confederate Authority; 5 The Many Fates of the Fort Jackson Garrison; 6 Benjamin F. Butler and Unionist New Orleans; Epilogue: Why the Mutiny at Fort Jackson Matters; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-246) and index.
- ISBN:
- 979-88-908831-1-7
- 979-88-9313-323-3
- 1-4696-0618-6
- 0-8078-8702-1
- OCLC:
- 405080006
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