A Yankee regiment in Confederate Louisiana : the 31st Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry in the Gulf South / Larry Lowenthal.

"The 31st Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment was one of only a handful of New England units to serve in Louisiana and the Gulf region during the Civil War, and, of those, it remained there the longest. Its soldiers, most of whom were impressionable young men from small towns in central and we...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lowenthal, Larry (Author)
Language:English
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2019]
Subjects:
United States. > Army. > Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 31st (1861-1865)
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Regimental histories.
Louisiana > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
Regimental histories.
Louisiana.
United States.
1861-1865
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xv, 338 pages : illustration, map ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Born in Controversy: 1861-February 1862
  • A Perilous Journey: February-April 1862
  • On the Mississippi: April-May 1862
  • The Occupation of New Orleans: May-August 1862
  • A Regiment Divided: August-December 1862
  • A Devious Route to Port Hudson: January-May 1863
  • The Attack on Port Hudson: May-July 1863
  • Mounted Warriors: July 1863-February 1864
  • The Red River Campaign: February-June 1864
  • The Red River Blame Game: December 1864-March 1865
  • Guerilla Warfare: June 1864-February 1865
  • Mobile and Home: March-October 1865.