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Autore: | Pierson Michael D |
Titolo: | Mutiny at Fort Jackson : the untold story of the fall of New Orleans / / Michael D. Pierson |
Pubblicazione: | Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2008 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (265 p.) |
Disciplina: | 973.7/31 |
Soggetto topico: | Mutiny - Louisiana - New Orleans - History - 19th century |
Soldiers - Louisiana - New Orleans - Social conditions - 19th century | |
Unionists (United States Civil War) - Louisiana - New Orleans | |
Soggetto geografico: | 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 | |
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 |
Titolo autorizzato: | Mutiny at Fort Jackson |
ISBN: | 1-4696-0618-6 |
0-8078-8702-1 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910824939903321 |
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