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The history of New Orleans differs significantly with the histories of other cities that were included in the Confederate States of America.Because it was founded by the French and controlled by Spain for a time, New Orleans had a population who were mostly Catholic and had created a more cosmopolitan culture than in some of the Protestant-dominated states of the British colonies.
The Capture of New Orleans, 1862. Louisiana State University Press, 1995. Johnson, Robert Underwood and Clarence Clough Buel, eds., Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Century, 1894; reprint ed., Castle, n.d. Mitchell, John K. "Operations of Confederate States Navy in Defense of New Orleans" (letter).
Soon afterwards, the infantry portion of the combined arms expedition marched into New Orleans and occupied the city without further resistance, resulting in the capture of New Orleans. [5] New Orleans had been captured without a battle in the city itself and so it was spared the destruction suffered by many other cities of the American South.
Pages in category "Expedition to, and Capture of, New Orleans (American Civil War)" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Capture of New Orleans Military unit The 6th Louisiana Infantry Regiment , sometimes 6th Regiment, European Brigade , originally the Italian Guards Battalion , and commonly referred to as the Garibaldi Legion in honor of the Italian revolutionary Giuseppe Garibaldi (who vocally supported the Union), was a militia that fought for the Confederate ...
Investigators continue to uncover more details about the New Year's Day attack in New Orleans and the suspect's apparent plot to detonate explosives in addition to the deadly truck-ramming incident.
Polk, a New Orleans resident, is the last of the 14 known victims of the attack to be identified. On Saturday, her family told the Times-Picayune that her brother, Printisis Polk, was still missing.
Mammon and Manon in Early New Orleans: The First Slave Society in the Deep South, 1718–1819. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press. ISBN 978-1572330245. Jackson, Joy J. (1969). New Orleans in the Gilded Age: Politics and Urban Progress, 1880–1896. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. Leavitt, Mel (1982). A Short History of New ...