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Autore |
Pierson Michael D |
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Titolo |
Mutiny at Fort Jackson [[electronic resource] ] : the untold story of the fall of New Orleans / / Michael D. Pierson |
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Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2008 |
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1-4696-0618-6 |
0-8078-8702-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (265 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Mutiny - Louisiana - New Orleans - History - 19th century |
Soldiers - Louisiana - New Orleans - Social conditions - 19th century |
Unionists (United States Civil War) - Louisiana - New Orleans |
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Fort Jackson (La.) History |
New Orleans (La.) History Civil War, 1861-1865 |
New Orleans (La.) History Civil War, 1861-1865 Social aspects |
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Social aspects |
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Participation, German American |
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Participation, Irish American |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-246) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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