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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786295503321

Autore

Fauconnet Charles Prosper <19th cent.>

Titolo

Ruined by this miserable war [[electronic resource] ] : 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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Knoxville, : University of Tennessee Press, c2012

ISBN

1-57233-921-7

1-283-92507-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (270 p.)

Collana

Voices of the Civil War

Altri autori (Persone)

BrasseauxCarl A

MooneyKatherine Carmines

Disciplina

973.7

Soggetti

Diplomatic and consular service, French - Louisiana - New Orleans - History - 19th century

French - Louisiana - History - 19th century

Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) - Louisiana

Louisiana History Civil War, 1861-1865 Sources

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Sources

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1. 1863; 2. 1864; 3. 1865; 4. 1868; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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