Louisianians in the Civil War / edited with an introduction by Lawrence Lee Hewitt and Arthur W. Bergeron, Jr.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hewitt, Lawrence L.

Bergeron, Arthur W.

Series:

Shades of blue and gray series.

Shades of blue and gray series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Louisiana--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

Louisiana.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (211 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Louisianians in the Civil War brings to the forefront the suffering endured by Louisianians during and after the war-hardships more severe than those suffered by the majority of residents in the Confederacy. The wealthiest southern state before the Civil War, Louisiana was the poorest by 1880. Such economic devastation negatively affected most segments of the state's population, and the fighting that contributed to this financial collapse further fragmented Louisiana's culturally diverse citizenry. The essays in this book deal with the differing segments of Louisiana's society and their interactions with one another. Louisiana was as much a multicultural society during the Civil War as the United States is today. One manner in which this diversity manifested itself was in the turning of neighbor against neighbor. This volume lays the groundwork for demonstrating that strongholds of Unionist sentiment existed beyond the mountainous regions of the Confederacy and, to a lesser extent, that foreigners and African Americans could surpass white, native-born Southerners in their support of the Lost Cause. Some of the essays deal with the attitudes and hardships the war inflicted on different classes of civilians (sugar planters, slaves, Union sympathizers, and urban residents, especially women), while others deal with specific minority groups or with individuals. Written by leading scholars of Civil War history, Louisianians in the Civil War provides the reader a rich understanding of the complex ordeals of Louisiana and her people. Students, scholars, and the general reader will welcome this fine addition to Civil War studies.

Contents:

""CONTENTS""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""LOUISIANIANS IN THE CIVIL AR""; ""INTRODUCTION Lawrence Lee Hewitt and Arthur W. Bergeron Jr.""; ""LOUISIANA SUGAR PLANTERS AND THE CIVIL AR Charles P. Roland""; ""KEEPING LAW AND ORDER IN NEW ORLEANS UNDER GENERAL BUTLER, 1862 Joy J. Jackson""; ""DENNIS HAYNES AND HIS ""THRILLING NARRATIVE OF THE SUFFERINGS OF . . . THE MARTYRS OF LIBERTY OF ESTERN LOUISIANA"" Arthur W. ""; ""YELLOW JACKETS BATTALION Arthur W. Bergeron Jr.""; ""THE CAUSE A RIGHTEOUS ONE Louisiana Jews and the Confederacy Bruce S. Allardice""

""THE UNION DEFENDS THE CONFEDERACY The Fighting Printers of New Orleans Billy H. Wyche""""LOUISIANA'S FREE MEN OF COLOR IN GRAY Arthur W. Bergeron Jr.""; ""ACONFEDERATE FOREIGN LEGION Louisiana ""Wildcats"" in the Army of Northern Virginia Lawrence Lee Hewitt""; ""LOUISIANA'S GLORY Lawrence Lee Hewitt""; ""JOHN A. STEVENSON Confederate Adventurer Judith F. Gentry""; ""ROBERT C. KENNEDY Louisiana Confederate Secret Agent Arthur W. Bergeron Jr.""; ""THE GENERALSHIP OF ALFRED MOUTON Arthur W. Bergeron Jr.""; ""CONTRIBUTORS""; ""INDEX""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8262-6319-4

OCLC:

56479693