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A Yankee regiment in Confederate Louisiana : the 31st Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry in the Gulf South

Title
A Yankee regiment in Confederate Louisiana : the 31st Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry in the Gulf South / Larry Lowenthal.
Author
Lowenthal, Larry
Publication
Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2019]

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Description
xv, 338 pages : illustration, map; 24 cm
Summary
"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 western Massachusetts, assumed numerous roles, functioning as infantry, cavalry, and mounted infantry when needed. The regiment operated as an army of occupation; participated in siege warfare at Port Hudson, Louisiana; marched and fought in long field operations such as the Red River campaign; engaged in guerrilla warfare; and garrisoned coastal defense fortifications. It also had the distinction of being the first Federal unit to enter and occupy New Orleans"--
Subject
  • United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 31st (1861-1865)
  • American Civil War (1861-1865)
  • 1861-1865
  • Regimental histories
  • United States > History > Regimental histories. > Civil War, 1861-1865
  • Louisiana > History > Civil War, 1861-1865
  • Louisiana
  • United States
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-327) and index.
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.
ISBN
  • 9780807171905
  • 0807171905
  • 9780807172490 (canceled/invalid)
  • 9780807172476 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2019029915
OCLC
  • on1097312843
  • SCSB-9626080
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library