Randall Lee Gibson of Louisiana : Confederate General and New South Reformer /

Randall Lee Gibson of Louisiana offers the first biography of one of Louisiana's most intriguing nineteenth-century politicians and a founder of Tulane University. Gibson (1832-1892) grew up on his family's sugar plantation in Terrebonne Parish and was educated at Yale University before st...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: McBride, Mary Gorton, 1937-
Otros Autores: McLaurin, Ann M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2007.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Gibson, Randall Lee, > 1832-1892.
United States. > Congress. > Senate.
Tulane University.
Confederate States of America. > Army.
États-Unis. > Congress. > Senate > Biographies.
Tulane University > History.
United States. > Congress. > Senate > Biography.
Confederate States of America. > Army > Biography.
Politics and government.
Legislators.
Generals.
Parlementaires > États-Unis > Biographies.
Generaux > Louisiane > Biographies.
Generaux > États confederes d'Amerique > Biographies.
Legislators > United States > Biography.
Generals > Louisiana > Biography.
Generals > Confederate States of America > Biography.
United States > Confederate States of America.
United States.
Louisiana.
Louisiane > Politique et gouvernement > 1865-1950.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1865-1900.
Louisiana > Politics and government > 1865-1950.
United States > Politics and government > 1865-1900.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
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Sumario:Randall Lee Gibson of Louisiana offers the first biography of one of Louisiana's most intriguing nineteenth-century politicians and a founder of Tulane University. Gibson (1832-1892) grew up on his family's sugar plantation in Terrebonne Parish and was educated at Yale University before studying law at the University of Louisiana in New Orleans. He purchased a sugar plantation in Lafourche Parish in 1858 and became heavily involved in the pro-secession faction of the Democratic Party. Elected colonel of the Thirteenth Louisiana Volunteer Regiment at the start of the Civil War, he commanded a b.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (336 pages).
ISBN:9780807135723

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