Mutiny At Fort Jackson

Author : Michael D. Pierson
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807887028
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mutiny at Fort Jackson written by Michael D. Pierson and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 uncovered archival sources to determine why the soldiers rebelled at such a decisive moment. The mutineers were soldiers primarily recruited from New Orleans's large German and Irish immigrant populations. Pierson shows that the new nation had done nothing to encourage poor white men to feel they had a place of honor in the southern republic. He argues that the mutineers actively sought to help the Union cause. In a major reassessment of the Union administration of New Orleans that followed, Pierson demonstrates that Benjamin "Beast" Butler enjoyed the support of many white Unionists in the city. Pierson adds an urban working-class element to debates over the effects of white Unionists in Confederate states. With the personal stories of soldiers appearing throughout, Mutiny at Fort Jackson presents the Civil War from a new perspective, revealing the complexities of New Orleans society and the Confederate experience.

Author : Webb B. Garrison
Publisher : White Mane Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9781572492158
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mutiny in the Civil War written by Webb B. Garrison and published by White Mane Publishing Company. This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first ever study on mutiny during the Civil War, covering approximately two hundred separate incidents, and in startling fashion, highlights and dramatizes the rigid class distinctions of military machines on both sides, in which the gulf between a commissioned officer and a private was stupendously wide. Here Webb Garrison dispels the romantic and nostalgic notion that every man carrying a musket or rifle revered his officers and his central government. At the same time, sources of many mutinies show us how clumsy and inefficient the war effort really was.

Author : Fred Gardner
Publisher : Viking Adult
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Unlawful Concert written by Fred Gardner and published by Viking Adult. This book was released on 1970 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 68 pages
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Download or read book Personal Narratives of Events in the War of the Rebellion written by and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. War Department
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1064 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The War of the Rebellion written by United States. War Department and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 1064 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. War Department
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 994 pages
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Download or read book The War of the Rebellion: v. 1-53 [serial no. 1-111] Formal reports, both Union and Confederate, of the first seizures of United States property in the southern states, and of all military operations in the field, with the correspondence, order and returns relating specially thereto. 1880-1898. 111 v written by United States. War Department and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 994 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Official records produced by the armies of the United States and the Confederacy, and the executive branches of their respective governments, concerning the military operations of the Civil War, and prisoners of war or prisoners of state. Also annual reports of military departments, calls for troops, correspondence between national and state governments, correspondence between Union and Confederate officials. The final volume includes a synopsis, general index, special index for various military divisions, and background information on how these documents were collected and published. Accompanied by an atlas.

Author : United States. War Department
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Total Pages : 992 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The War of the Rebellion written by United States. War Department and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 992 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Scott Gac
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1009063146
Total Pages : 630 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Born in Blood written by Scott Gac and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2024-01-18 with total page 630 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This important and timely book explains the political culture of violence that has shaped the United States from its inception. It will engage students, scholars and general readers interested in American history, African American history, and American studies.

Author : J. Matthew Ward
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 0807182362
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Garden of Ruins written by J. Matthew Ward and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2024-05-29 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: J. Matthew Ward’s Garden of Ruins serves as an insightful social and military history of Civil War–era Louisiana. Partially occupied by Union forces starting in the spring of 1862, the Confederate state experienced the initial attempts of the U.S. Army to create a comprehensive occupation structure through military actions, social regulations, the destabilization of slavery, and the formation of a complex bureaucracy. Skirmishes between Union soldiers and white civilians supportive of the Confederate cause multiplied throughout this period, eventually turning occupation into a war on local households and culture. In unoccupied regions of the state, Confederate forces and their noncombatant allies likewise sought to patrol allegiance, leading to widespread conflict with those they deemed disloyal. Ward suggests that social stability during wartime, and ultimately victory itself, emerged from the capacity of military officials to secure their territory, governing powers, and nonmilitary populations. Garden of Ruins reveals the Civil War, state-building efforts, and democracy itself as contingent processes through which Louisianans shaped the world around them. It also illustrates how military forces and civilians discovered unique ways to wield and hold power during and immediately after the conflict.

Author : United States. Department of War
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 32 pages
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Download or read book Official Record from the War, Department, of the Proceedings of the Court Martial, which tried, and the orders of General Jackson for shooting the six militia men, together with official letters ... showing that these American citizens were inhumanly & illegally massacred. (Jan. 25, 1828.). written by United States. Department of War and published by . This book was released on 1828 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: