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Topic: Battle of New Orleans (Civil War)


  
  The Battle of New Orleans
This coat is a reproduction of the one worn by Lt. Colonel W.S. Hamilton in the War of 1812.
This epaulette and the coat is a reproduction of the one worn by Lieutenant Philogene Favrot of the 44th United States Infantry Regiment in the Battle of New Orleans.
He later served as a drummer in the Mexican War of 1846-1848 and rallied New Orleans free men of color to form militia companies on behalf of the Confederacy at the outbreak of the Civil War.
lsm.crt.state.la.us /cabildo/cab6.htm   (1427 words)

  
 PlanetPapers - Pre-Civil War New Orleans
New Orleans, with a population of 496,938 (1990 census), is the largest city in Louisiana and one of the principal cities of the South.
New Orleans Creole population (those with ancestry rooted in the city's colonial era) ensured not only that English was not the prevailing language but also that Protestantism was scorned, public education unheralded, and democratic government untried.
New Orleans became another crossroads where the river, the bayous and the sea were open roads; where various nations ruled but the folk continued to reign.
www.planetpapers.com /Assets/301.php   (2587 words)

  
 LSU Libraries -- History of New Orleans in the Civil War
Resident of New Orleans; daughter of James and Zoe Lambert Campbell and sister of Lambert Campbell, a Confederate soldier in the Civil War.
Pastor of the Lafayette Presbyterian Church in New Orleans (1856-1894) and chaplain in the Confederate army in the Civil War.
Pestel to Amadee Couturie, consul of the Netherlands in New Orleans.
www.lib.lsu.edu /special/guides/no2.html   (12054 words)

  
 Battle of New Orleans
New England was alive with enthusiasm and furnished them, in addition to her thousands in the Army of the Potomac.
General Phelps was there with New England troops, so also were Commodore Farragut with a naval force, and COMMODORE D. with a fleet of bomb-vessels to cooperate with the land force.
While the battle was raging near the forts, General Butler landed his troops, and in small boats passed through narrow and shallow bayous in the rear of Fort St. Philip.
www.sonofthesouth.net /leefoundation/battle-new-orleans.htm   (1097 words)

  
 Sites in and around New Orleans   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Battle Abbey- Located behind the Cabildo, the building was used by General Benjamin F. Butler during the war.
Jackson Square- Upon occupying New Orleans in 1862, General Butler inscribed "The Union Must and Shall Be Preserved" on the base of the Andrew Jackson statue.
Slidell House- A New Yorker by birth, John Slidell was a formidable Louisiana politician before the Civil War and diplomat for the Confederacy.
www.crt.state.la.us /crt/tourism/civilwar/sitenewo.htm   (609 words)

  
 Chalmette Battlefield, beauregard house, and the national Cemetery are about 7 miles downriver from the New Orleans ...
The Battle of New Orleans in 1814–1815, the last battle of the War of 1812, forever ended any attempt by England to regain control of the American Colonies, lost during the American Revolution, the War of Independence.
Adjacent to the battlefield, is the United States Civil War Chalmette National Cemetery, honoring Civil War soldiers who died on both sides.
It is named for René Beauregard, its last owner, the son of the Civil War Confederate General, P. Beauregard (whose monument is at the entrance to City Park, at the north end of Esplanade Avenue).
www.atneworleans.com /body/battlefield.htm   (542 words)

  
 Battle Of New Orleans Map - New Orleans Depot   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The Battle of New Orleans The fighting in Louisiana was really a series of battles for New Orleans...
The Battle of New Orleans By A. Wilson Greene Battle Map In late 1814 New Orleans was home to a population of French, Spanish, African...
A Scottish Regiment at the Battle of New Orleans 1815
www.slotsfree.ca /battle-of-new-orleans-map.html   (442 words)

  
 New Orleans Naval Civil War Battle -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Civil War troops and officers, Beauregard received his early combat experience in the Mexican War of 1846-48.
New Orleans (LPD 18) honors the largest city of Louisiana and one of the world's major ports.
New Orleans also was the scene of a key naval action in the Civil War, in which...
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 Battle Of New Orleans -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
New Orleans, Following the passage of Fort Jackson and Fort St. Philip, near the mouth of the Mississippi River...
Battle of New Orleans monument Battle of New Orleans monument Photograph of the monument, Chalmette National Cemetery, New Orleans.
New Orleans Fact: In 1852, New Orleans was the third largest city in the United States.
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 The Battle Of New Orleans Civil War - New Orleans Depot   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The Battle Of New Orleans Civil War - New Orleans Depot
Battle of New Orleans vintage US Civil War Battle Print 297 210mm.
Battle of New Orleans by Michael Willis http://www.hillsdale.edu/dept/History/D. Confederacy in the Civil War.
www.slotsfree.ca /the-battle-of-new-orleans-civil-war.html   (414 words)

  
 Civil War Medal of Honor Recipients (M-Z)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Engaging the enemy in a fierce battle, the Cincinnati amidst, an incessant fire of shot and shell, continued to fire her guns to the last, though so penetrated by shellfire that her fate was sealed.
When the Carondelet was badly cut up, several of her crew killed, many wounded and others almost suffocated from the effects of escaped steam, Morrison was the leader when boarders were called on deck, and the first to return to the guns and give the ram a broadside as she passed.
Noble braved the enemy fire which was said by the admiral to be "one of the most galling" he had ever seen and aided in rescuing from death 10 of the crew of the Tecumseh, thereby eliciting the admiration of both friend and foe.
www.army.mil /cmh-pg/mohciv2.htm   (14942 words)

  
 U.S. Civil War Center -- Chalmette National Cemetery
The cemetery was established in May of 1864 as a final resting place for Civil War dead, both Confederate and Union soldiers alike.
Approximately 132 Confederate prisoners of war were buried at Chalmette until the Ladies' Benevolent Association of New Orleans requested that these soldiers be moved out of Chalmette, which is comprised entirely of Union soldiers, to the Greenwood Cemetery in New Orleans.
Civil War burials at Chalmette number well over 12,000, but almost 7,000 are unknown.
www.cwc.lsu.edu /projects/dbases/chalmla.htm   (396 words)

  
 Battle Summary: New Orleans, LA
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New Orleans, considered an international city and the largest city in the Confederacy, had fallen.
The Union occupation of New Orleans was an event that had major international significance.
www.cr.nps.gov /hps/abpp/battles/la002.htm   (164 words)

  
 Bibliography series
Bradlee, Francis B. Blockade Running During the Civil War and the Effect of Land and Water Transportation on the Confederacy.
Merrill, James M. Battle Flags South: The Story of the Civil War Navies on Western Waters.
New edition indicates all additions, alterations, and omissions made either by Welles or by the editor.
www.history.navy.mil /biblio/biblio1/biblio1k.htm   (1123 words)

  
 The American Civil War Homepage
The Civil War, Slavery, and Reconstruction in Missouri
Backdoor to Battle: the Civil War in Blount County Tennessee
Battle of Franklin, TN Chattanooga, A Civil War Battle
sunsite.utk.edu /civil-war/warweb.html   (4402 words)

  
 Civil War   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
As a result of operations on the high seas, on rivers, and in bays and harbors, the Navy was a decisive factor in the Civil War's outcome.
Admiral David Glasgow Farragut's victory at New Orleans denied Confederate egress from the Mississippi, and opened that mighty river to penetration northward by Union forces.
Meanwhile in the east, the historic USS Monitor-CSS Virginia (ex-Merrimack) battle, first combat between ironclads, marked the dawn of a new era in naval warfare.
www.history.navy.mil /faqs/stream/faq45-10.htm   (376 words)

  
 The Civil War in Louisiana   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Between April 17,1862 and May 18, 1864 20 major Civil War battles and engagements were fought in on Louisiana soil.
Ballads, poems, novels, historical accounts and screen-plays have described, explained and at times glamorized the "War Between the States," or the Civil War.
On both sides, young and old alike, confident of a rapid victory, enthusiastically joined the cause, fighting bravely for what they believed.
www.crt.state.la.us /crt/tourism/civilwar/civilwar.htm   (190 words)

  
 Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve (National Park Service)
Six miles southeast of New Orleans is the Chalmette Battlefield and National Cemetery, site of the 1815 Battle of New Orleans and the final resting place for soldiers from the Civil War, Spanish-American War, World Wars I and II, and Vietnam.
At 419 Decatur Street in the historic French Quarter is the park's visitor center for New Orleans.
This center interprets the history of New Orleans and the diverse cultures of Louisiana's Mississippi Delta region.
www.nps.gov /jela   (206 words)

  
 Battle of New Orleans vintage US Civil War Battle Print - 297 x 210mm from eDirectory.co.uk online shop   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Battle of New Orleans vintage US Civil War Battle Print - 297 x 210mm
US Civil War 10 x 8 inch glossy reproduction photo of a vintage famous battle lithograph.
The image reproduction is excellent printed on 275 gsm photo glossy paper - these images have been retouched and enhanced by timecamera (the copyright owner) and are as good a reproduction as you will see of this stunning original battle scene painting.
www.edirectory.co.uk /pf/static/880/mi/899/p2257899.html   (158 words)

  
 Civil War Units -- Unit 4 -- version 8.3
This is version 8.3 of the (U.S.) Civil War units file.
On the WWW, the Civil War Units File is on the American Civil War Homepage at http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html under the heading of Rosters & Regimental Histories.
CSA soldiers bill@pearce.net (Bill Pearce) Mississippi The Civil War in Mississippi JohnR238@aol.com (John Rigdon) http://www.researchonline.net/mscw 1st Miss.
sunsite.utk.edu /civil-war/unit4.html   (2673 words)

  
 Fort Blakeley, Alabama - Scene of Last Major Battle of The Civil War   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
After the surrender of New Orleans they offered themselves to the Union.
The 73rd commanded by Col. Henry Merriam and located in Pile's First Brigade received news on the morning of April 9 of the escape of the Confederate garrison from Spanish Fort the previous night.
Snaer was considered a free person of color in New Orleans upon his joining the Louisiana Native Guards in 1862.
www.siteone.com /tourist/blakeley/73rdUSCT.htm   (798 words)

  
 New Orleans Civil War site photos
Four Americans who fought in the War of 1812 are buried here; only one of them, however, took part in the Battle of New Orleans (1815)
Tour Guide: The old Place d'Armes (military parade ground) has served as the center of New Orleans life since the city was first laid out in 1721.
Inscription cut in the base of the statue which was done under orders of Union general Ben Butler after the surrender of New Orleans
www.civilwaralbum.com /louisiana/neworleans.htm   (154 words)

  
 Louisiana State Museum
ew Orleans' most prominent heritage attraction is the Louisiana State Museum, a complex of national landmarks housing thousands of artifacts and works of art reflecting Louisiana's legacy of historic events and cultural diversity.
The Museum operates five properties in the famous French Quarter: the Cabildo, Presbytere, 1850 House, Old U.S. Mint and Madame John's Legacy.
Louisiana State Museum partners with the State Library of Louisiana and the Historic New Orleans Collection on IMLS National Leadership Grant
lsm.crt.state.la.us   (214 words)

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