ABOUT THE AUTHOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii

CHAPTER I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
THE CAMPAIGN OF 1860 — THE POLITICAL CLUBS — "HURRAH FOR THE CONFEDERACY" — RESULT OF THE ELECTION — SENTIMENT IS UNIFIED — GOVERNOR MOORE'S PROCLAMATION — MEETING OF THE LEGISLATURE

CHAPTER II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
UNION OF MARCHING CLUBS — GOVERNOR MOORE'S PROCLAMATION — ELECTION RETURNS — POVERTY IN WAR MATERIAL — QUESTION OF METHOD OF SECESSION — "THE TIME FOR ACTION HAS COME" — ORATORY, DRILL AND HOLIDAY FESTIVITIES

CHAPTER III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
STIRRING EVENTS OF THE NEW YEAR — OCCUPATION OF THE BATON ROUGE ARSENAL — FORTS JACKSON, ST. PHILIP AND PIKE — A STATE ARMY CREATED — THE CONVENTION MEETS — ORDINANCE OF SECESSION — THE PELICAN FLAG — WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY

CHAPTER IV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
LOUISIANA ANSWERS SUMTER — TROOPS SENT TO THE FRONT — LOUISIANIANS AT PENSACOLA — THE LOUISIANA BATTALION — DEATH OF COLONEL DREUX — LIFE AT THE CONFEDERATE CAPITAL

CHAPTER V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
A BRUIT OF PERIL TO THE CITY — PREPARATION OF DEFENSES — FARRAGUT AT THE PASSES — THE BOMBARDMENT OF THE FORTS — PASSAGE OF THE FEDERAL FLEET — MUTINY AND CAPITULATION — FATE OF THE RAM LOUISIANA — THE FLEET AT THE CITY

CHAPTER VI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
THE STATE FLAG ON CITY HALL — FARRAGUT'S DEMAND FOR SURRENDER — THE NEGOTIATIONS — HOISTING OF THE UNITED STATES FLAG ON CITY HALL — THE ADVENT OF THE MAN OF TWO ORDERS — MILITARY RULE UNDER BUTLER — EXECUTION OF WILLIAM B. MUMFORD — BUTLER'S DEEPEST DEPTH

CHAPTER VII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
VICKSBURG TO BATON ROUGE — RAID ON BRASHEAR CITY — OTHER EXPEDITIONS — THE FIRST ATTACK ON VICKSBURG — BATTLE OF BATON ROUGE — LOSS OF THE ARKANSAS — BRECKINRIDGE OCCUPIES BATON ROUGE

CHAPTER VIII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
GENERAL BUTLER'S RURAL ENTERPRISES — RICHARD TAYLOR IN WEST LOUISIANA — CAMPAIGN ON THE LAFOURCHE — BATTLE OF LABADIEVILLE — OPERATIONS ABOUT BERWICK BAY — EXPLOITS OF THE GUNBOAT COTTON

CHAPTER IX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
BANKS RELIEVES BUTLER — OPERATES ON THE ATCHAFALAYA — FIRST EXPEDITION TOWARD RED RIVER — BATTLE OF CAMP BISLAND

CHAPTER X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
TAYLOR'S WITHDRAWAL FROM BISLAND — ENGAGEMENT AT FRANKLIN — A SUCCESSFUL RETREAT — BANKS ABANDONS THE EXPEDITION — TAYLOR'S VICTORY AT BERWICK BAY — FIGHTING ABOUT DONALDSONVILLE — ON THE FORDOCHE AND BAYOU BOURBEAU

CHAPTER XI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
THE RIVER STRONGHOLDS — FAMOUS NAVAL EXPLOITS — CAPTURE OF THE INDIANOLA — PORT HUDSON INVESTED — FARRAGUT RUNS THE BATTERIES — TAYLOR'S OPERATIONS

CHAPTER XII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
A CHAPTER OF SIEGES — ASSAULT REPELLED AT PORT HUDSON — THE HEROIC DEFENSE — THE CAPITULATION — LOUISIANIANS AT VICKSBURG

CHAPTER XIII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
TAYLOR PREPARES FOR DEFENSE — THE RED RIVER THREATENED — PORTER ASCENDS THE RIVER — BANKS MARCHES TOWARD SHREVEPORT — FALL OF FORT DE RUSSY — GEN. KIRBY SMITH PLANS FOR FEDERAL DEFEAT — TAYLOR RESOLVES TO FIGHT AT MANSFIELD

CHAPTER XIV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
THE BATTLE OF MANSFIELD — TAYLOR'S FORMATION FOR BATTLE — MOUTON'S GALLANT CHARGE — ROUT OF THE FEDERAL ARMY — BATTLE RENEWED AT PLEASANT HILL — MONETT'S FERRY — DEATH OF GENERAL GREEN — OFFICIAL REPORTS

CHAPTER XV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
THE RETREAT OF BANKS — TAYLOR'S FORCE REDUCED — WALKER AND CHURCHILL SENT AGAINST STEELE — NATCHITOCHES AND CLOUTIERVILLE — YELLOW BAYOU THE LAST BATTLE — LOUISIANIANS AT MOBILE — GIBSON'S FAREWELL ADDRESS — SURRENDER OF GENERAL TAYLOR

CHAPTER XVI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
LOUISIANIANS IN THE ARMIES OF THE WEST — BATTLES OF WILSON'S CREEK, BELMONT AND SHILOH — BEAUREGARD IN COMMAND — SUCCEEDED BY BRAGG — BATTLES OF IUKA AND CORINTH — MARCH INTO KENTUCKY — BATTLE OF PERRYVILLE

CHAPTER XVII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
BATTLE OF MURFREESBORO — GALLANT RECORD OF ADAMS' BRIGADE — THE WASHINGTON ARTILLERY — TULLAHOMA CAMPAIGN — THE GREAT CONFLICT ON CHICKAMAUGA CREEK — ADAMS' BRIGADE TURNS THE FEDERAL LINE — ACTION OF OTHER LOUISIANA COMMANDS

CHAPTER XVIII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
THE GEORGIA CAMPAIGN — LOUISIANA COMMANDS WITH JOHNSTON AND POLK — THEIR SERVICE FROM DALTON TO ATLANTA — THE SIEGE — BATTLE OF JONESBORO — GENERAL HOOD WITHDRAWS TO ALABAMA

CHAPTER XIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
THE TENNESSEE CAMPAIGN UNDER HOOD — SCOTT'S BRIGADE AT FRANKLIN — THE WASHINGTON ARTILLERY AT MURFREESBORO — BATTLE OF NASHVILLE —THE RETREAT — THE LOUISIANA BRIGADE IN THE REAR GUARD — LAST DAYS OF THE ARMY OF TENNESSEE

CHAPTER XX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
LOUISIANIANS IN THE ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA — FIGHT AT BLACKBURN'S FORD — THE FAME OF HARRY HAYS — BATTLE OF FIRST MANASSAS — WITH MAGRUDER ON THE PENINSULA — WILLIAMSBURG AND SEVEN PINES

CHAPTER XXI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167
LOUISIANIANS WITH STONEWALL JACKSON — THE GREAT VALLEY CAMPAIGN — TAYLOR'S BRIGADE AT FRONT ROYAL — MIDDLETOWN — WINCHESTER — CROSS KEYS AND PORT REPUBLIC — WITH LEE BEFORE RICHMOND — THE SEVEN DAYS

CHAPTER XXII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
THE TWO LOUISIANA BRIGADES, ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA — LOUISIANA ARTILLERY — BATTLE OF CEDAR RUN — THE SECOND MANASSAS CAMPAIGN — "BATTLE OF THE ROCKS"

CHAPTER XXIII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
ON TO MARYLAND — HAYS' AND STARKE'S BRIGADES RETURN TO HARPER'S FERRY — BATTLE OF SHARPSBURG — THE TERRIFIC STRUGGLE AT THE DUNKER CHURCH — VALOROUS DEEDS OF THE WASHINGTON ARTILLERY — GUARD ARTILLERY — MADISON TIPS

CHAPTER XXIV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
THE BATTLE PANORAMA AT FREDERICKSBURG — THE LOUISIANA ARTILLERY AT MARYE'S HILL — FRIGHTFUL SLAUGHTER OF THE ENEMY — BATTLE OF CHANCELLORSVILLE — LOUISIANIANS FIGHT AGAIN AT MARYE'S HILL — NICHOLLS' BRIGADE WITH JACKSON

CHAPTER XXV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
THE PENNSYLVANIA CAMPAIGN — HAYS' BRILLIANT CHARGE AT WINCHESTER — BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG — FIRST DAY'S FIGHT — NICHOLLS' BRIGADE AT CULP'S HILL — HAYS' BRIGADE ON THE SUMMIT OF CEMETERY HILL — WORK OF THE ARTILLERY — AFTER GETTYSBURG — RAPPAHANNOCK BRIDGE — MINE RUN — PAYNE'S FARM

CHAPTER XXVI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
LEE MEETS GRANT IN BATTLE — THE WILDERNESS AND SPOTTSYLVANIA COURTHOUSE — STAFFORD KILLED, HAYS DISABLED — LOUISIANA'S PART IN LEE'S MAGNIFICENT CAMPAIGN — WITH EARLY IN MARYLAND AND THE VALLEY — SIEGE OF PETERSBURG — FIVE FORKS — FORT GREGG

CHAPTER XXVII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
APPOMATTOX — LOUISIANA INFANTRY AND ARTILLERY AT THE SURRENDER — AFTER APPOMATTOX — THE PRESIDENT'S BODYGUARD — THE STATE'S TOTAL ENROLLMENT — THE CHAPLAINS — THE SACRIFICES OF THE WOMEN — CONCLUSION

A WORD OF EXPLANATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

END NOTES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239