A Civil War correspondent in New Orleans : the journals and reports of Albert Gaius Hills of the Boston Journal / edited by Gary L. Dyson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hills, Albert Gaius, 1829-1879.

Contributor:

Dyson, Gary L., 1965-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Journalism--United States--History--19th century.

Journalism.

New Orleans (La.)--History.

New Orleans (La.).

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (205 p.)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, NC : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book contains the transcribed journals and reports of a war correspondent for the Boston Journal covering the campaign that captured New Orleans in 1862. Hills' journals begin in November 1861 and describe the Union preparations for the main assault and subsequent move up the Mississippi river, the attack on forts Jackson and St. Phillip, and his impression of the captured city. His observations from Union vessels in the Gulf Squadron as he covered the war in the Gulf are also included. His articles for the Boston Journal have herein been set near timely journal entries along with other n

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1. The Life of Albert Gaius Hills; 2. Taking New Orleans, 1862; 3. Covering the Campaign; 4. About the Journals of A.G. Hills, Reporter for the Boston Journal; 5. Journal of a Military Expedition from Boston to ____; 6. Sketches Showing the Action on the River; 7. Memoranda of Letters Sent to the Boston Journal; 8. New Orleans Under Occupation; 9. A.G. Hills' Third Journal and His Return to New Orleans; 10. The Reports for the Boston Journal

Bold Strategy of a Rebel Schooner Under the Guns of Fort San Louis and Confederate Soldiers Captured by the U.S. Steamer MontgomeryRecollections of the Siege of Forts Jackson and St. Phillip and the Capture of New Orleans; Seeking Information Under Difficulties [1]; U.S. Steamer J.P. Jackson Off New Orleans April 30, 1862; Letter to Charles O. Rogers, April 28, 1862; The Mississippi and the Ram Manassas; Letter from the Mississippi River; Spectators of the Bombardment; How the Sabbath of the Siege Was Observed; A Plan for Obstructing the Mississippi at the Forts

Found Among the Papers Left inFort Jackson and Pronounced Impenetrableby the Most Skillful Officers of Our SquadronThe Loss on Both Sides; Seeking Information under Difficulties [2]; The Surrender of the City; Albert Gaius Hills Timeline; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-86855-5

1-4766-0018-X

OCLC:

823724152