Mutiny at Fort Jackson : the untold story of the fall of New Orleans /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Pierson, Michael D.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2008.
Series:Civil War America (Series)
Subjects:
Confederate States of America. > Army > History.
Confederate States of America. > Army
1800-1899
Mutiny > Louisiana > New Orleans > History > 19th century.
Soldiers > Louisiana > New Orleans > Social conditions > 19th century.
Unionists (United States Civil War) > Louisiana > New Orleans.
Mutineries > Louisiane > La Nouvelle-Orléans > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Unionistes (Guerre de Sécession américaine) > Louisiane > La Nouvelle-Orléans.
HISTORY.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Military participation > German American
Military participation > Irish American
Mutiny
Social aspects
Soldiers > Social conditions
Unionists (United States Civil War)
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.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Aspect social.
Louisiana > Fort Jackson
Louisiana > New Orleans
United States
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Massacre on the Levee
  • Fort Jackson and the Defense of New Orleans
  • Confederate New Orleans, February 1861 to May 1862
  • Cannoneers, Regulars, and Jagers: Inside Fort Jackson before the Mutiny
  • The Mutiny at Fort Jackson and the Collapse of Confederate Authority
  • The many fates of the Fort Jackson Garrison
  • Benjamin F. Butler and Unionist New Orleans
  • Epilogue: Why the Mutiny at Fort Jackson Matters.

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