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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455191803321

Autore

Pierson Michael D

Titolo

Mutiny at Fort Jackson [[electronic resource] ] : the untold story of the fall of New Orleans / / Michael D. Pierson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2008

ISBN

1-4696-0618-6

0-8078-8702-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Collana

Civil War America

Disciplina

973.7/31

Soggetti

Mutiny - Louisiana - New Orleans - History - 19th century

Soldiers - Louisiana - New Orleans - Social conditions - 19th century

Unionists (United States Civil War) - Louisiana - New Orleans

Electronic books.

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-246) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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