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Ruined by this miserable war : the dispatches of Charles Prosper Fauconnet, a French diplomat in New Orleans, 1863-1868 / edited by Carl A. Brasseaux and Katherine Carmines Mooney ; translated by Carl A. Brasseaux.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fauconnet, Charles Prosper, active 19th century.
- Series:
- Voices of the Civil War
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Diplomatic and consular service, French--Louisiana--New Orleans--History--19th century--Sources.
- Diplomatic and consular service, French.
- French--Louisiana--History--19th century--Sources.
- French.
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Louisiana--Sources.
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877).
- Louisiana--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Sources.
- Louisiana.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Sources.
- United States.
- France. Consulat (New Orleans, La.)--History--19th century--Sources.
- France.
- Fauconnet, Charles Prosper, active 19th century--Correspondence.
- Fauconnet, Charles Prosper.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (270 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In March 1863, after Northern general Benjamin F. Butler demanded the recall of the French consul-general, an unabashed Confederate sympathizer, from Union-occupied New Orleans, Charles Prosper Fauconnet assumed the duties of acting consul. A seasoned diplomat who had risen slowly through the ranks in Latin America and the United States, Fauconnet quickly and effectively repaired the rift between local French and American authorities while striving valiantly to safeguard the interests of his government and the French nationals who found themselves literally and figuratively caught in the
- Contents:
- Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1. 1863; 2. 1864; 3. 1865; 4. 1868; Notes; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781572339217
- 1572339217
- 9781283925075
- 1283925079
- OCLC:
- 825181151
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