With Louisiana’s militias off fighting in Virginia and Tennessee, the job of defending the Crescent City fell to two forts ...

Since writing two days ago, we have had a severe battle with the enemy ... and three companies of the First Louisiana cavalry, of the Nineteenth, were attacked by a small body of rebels, but ...

The fighting of the American Civil War ultimately reached nearly every state in the Northern and Southern territories, with key battles fought in ... states including Louisiana, Texas, Colorado ...

The Civil War ... Americans fought to free their people. Fishermen and storekeepers from Deer Isle, Maine, served bravely and died miserably in strange places like Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and ...

Heralded as an unforgettable introduction to a four-year conflict fought in 10,000 ... footage of Civil War veterans, evocative live cinematography of the now quiet battle sites, interviews ...