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This basic reference work on the French in the Mississippi Valley lists over 2000 names with brief service records Compiled and translated from official sources housed at the Library of Congress it lists first the enlisted men and then the officers who served France in Louisiana Mississippi Arkansas Alabama and in the Illinois Country during the 18th century The two lists typically give the individuals date of discharge death or desertion and in the case of officers his rank and place of service On occasion we are also treated to other personal details such as names of family members date returned to France rate of pay etc
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The only New Deal program to continue into the 1990s the Historic American Buildings Survey has through the years drawn attention to the historical and artistic significance of buildings that contemporary taste might otherwise have ignored Louisiana Buildings 17201940 makes easily available the fruit of HABSs important and enduring efforts to record Louisianas architectural heritageIn the 1930s the Louisiana HABS team concentrated on public edifices and grand plantation complexes threatened by destruction Later records of HABS include still other habitations of the common man as well as industrial structures The project has yielded not only graphic and written documentation of the buildings many no longer standing but also new insights into the history of the states architectureAn invaluable part of Louisiana Buildings 17201940 is the alphabetical listing of HABS structures in Louisiana both by familiar name and by parish The listing by parish gives the location the date of construction the architect when known and the current status of each building It also presents drawings or photographs of many of the structures over 300 pictures in allThere are besides nine chapters by leading architectural historians who cover all aspects of Louisiana architecture its Creole beginnings in the south of the state the Appalachian folk style in the north and developments on the plantation in the seventeenthcentury urban setting and in the modern era Those chapters form an essential frame of reference for the data in the HABS listings and call attention to many other structures that are a part of the history of building in the Pelican State Anyone interested in the states architecture or history will find Louisiana Buildings indispensable
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This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature
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The only New Deal program to continue into the 1990s the Historic American Buildings Survey has through the years drawn attention to the historical and artistic significance of buildings that contemporary taste might otherwise have ignored Louisiana Buildings 17201940 makes easily available the fruit of HABSs important and enduring efforts to record Louisianas architectural heritageIn the 1930s the Louisiana HABS team concentrated on public edifices and grand plantation complexes threatened by destruction Later records of HABS include still other habitations of the common man as well as industrial structures The project has yielded not only graphic and written documentation of the buildings many no longer standing but also new insights into the history of the states architectureAn invaluable part of Louisiana Buildings 17201940 is the alphabetical listing of HABS structures in Louisiana both by familiar name and by parish The listing by parish gives the location the date of construction the architect when known and the current status of each building It also presents drawings or photographs of many of the structures over 300 pictures in allThere are besides nine chapters by leading architectural historians who cover all aspects of Louisiana architecture its Creole beginnings in the south of the state the Appalachian folk style in the north and developments on the plantation in the seventeenthcentury urban setting and in the modern era Those chapters form an essential frame of reference for the data in the HABS listings and call attention to many other structures that are a part of the history of building in the Pelican State Anyone interested in the states architecture or history will find Louisiana Buildings indispensable
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Put yourself in their shoes In 1720 France was just coming out of a long war that had left the nation on the edge of bankruptcy People were starving to death and plagues were sweeping the country The rich were getting richer and the poor were getting poorer Pierre amp Marie Mayeux were newlyweds who left behind everything in order to build a new life in French Louisiana Little did they know the difficult and terrifying path that lay before them 1729 is their story and the story of hundreds like them who came to a new world with new hope only to have it dashed and broken time after time This is the tale of their journey across the Atlantic enduring a year in plagueridden Biloxi making their way 600 miles up the Mississippi River surviving one of the worst massacres in American history living in the newly founded swamp village of New Orleans and finally raising a family in South Louisiana Today there are a million living descendants of Pierre and Marie Mayeux But there almost were none
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The Red River Campaign in the spring of 1864 was one of the most destructive of the Civil War The agricultural wealth of the Red River Valley tempted Union General Nathaniel P Banks to invade with 30000 troops in an attempt to seize control of the river and confiscate as much cotton as possible from local plantations After three months of chaos during which the countryside was destroyed and many slaves freed themselves Banks was defeated by a smaller Confederate force under General Richard Taylor This book takes a fresh look at the fierce battles at Mansfield and Pleasant Hill the Union armys escape from Monetts Ferry and the burning of Alexandria and explains the causes and consequences of the war in Central Louisiana
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The Red River Campaign in the spring of 1864 was one of the most destructive of the Civil War The agricultural wealth of the Red River Valley tempted Union General Nathaniel P Banks to invade with 30000 troops in an attempt to seize control of the river and confiscate as much cotton as possible from local plantations After three months of chaos during which the countryside was destroyed and many slaves freed themselves Banks was defeated by a smaller Confederate force under General Richard Taylor This book takes a fresh look at the fierce battles at Mansfield and Pleasant Hill the Union armys escape from Monetts Ferry and the burning of Alexandria and explains the causes and consequences of the war in Central Louisiana
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New Roads and Old Rivers captures the natural and cultural vitality of Pointe Coupee Parish Louisiana as seen in the stunning photographs of Richard Sexton with text by Randy Harelson and Brian Costello Pointe Coupee is one of the oldest settlements in the Mississippi Valley dating to the 1720s French for a place cut off the name refers to the areas three oxbow lakes separated from the Mississippi over centuries Edged by the Mississippi and Atchafalaya rivers Pointe Coupee remains a land rich in Creole heritage distinct in geographical beauty and abounding in historic homes and farms In 200 color images Sexton artistically portrays the regions sights Native American mounds bayous and lakes productive agricultural fields and industries slave cabins and plantation homes small towns and family and civic celebrations Photographs include most of Pointe Coupees seventy surviving antebellum structures along with some of its sixtytwo massive trees listed on the Live Oak Society register A timeline of key events situates the parishs history within the wider world From the Pointe Coupee Coast where in the early 1700s explorers soldiers missionaries colonists and enslaved and free people of color began settling the banks of the Mississippi Riverto the Acadiana TrailUS190 the only fourlane highway in the parishNew Roads and Old Rivers illuminates the history and cultural foundations of the entire state This arresting portrait of Old Louisiana honors Pointe Coupee generations past and present
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St Landry Parish one of the oldest European settlements in Louisiana has a fascinating history and culture By the 15th century the Appalousa Indians were known to be in residence In 1720 the French established le Poste des Opelousas Traditionally an area of settlement by French Creoles and Acadians the parish was named for St Landry an early bishop of Paris In the late 1700s les gens de couleur libres free people of color began arriving to take advantage of Spanish land grants Soon the government post developed into a commercial center In the presentday parish Native American European African and Acadian cultures have melded for almost three centuries to produce worldfamous zydeco music great food and welcoming people It celebrates its heritage at the Creole Heritage Folklife Center one of the destinations on the Louisiana African American Heritage Trail
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St Landry Parish one of the oldest European settlements in Louisiana has a fascinating history and culture By the 15th century the Appalousa Indians were known to be in residence In 1720 the French established le Poste des Opelousas Traditionally an area of settlement by French Creoles and Acadians the parish was named for St Landry an early bishop of Paris In the late 1700s les gens de couleur libres free people of color began arriving to take advantage of Spanish land grants Soon the government post developed into a commercial center In the presentday parish Native American European African and Acadian cultures have melded for almost three centuries to produce worldfamous zydeco music great food and welcoming people It celebrates its heritage at the Creole Heritage Folklife Center one of the destinations on the Louisiana African American Heritage Trail
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Excerpt from Records of the Churches of Christ Gathered at Fenstanton Warboys and Hexham 16441720Saturday May 19 This day also came intelligence of the surprisal of the revolted troops about Burford in Oxford shire they being twelve troops were all taken very few escaped some of the chief of which were immediately con demmed to suffer death viz Cornet Tompson and Cornet Den or as we call him Parson Den and two corporals Church and Perkins these being found guilty upon the articles of mutiny are thereupon adjudged to die Cornet Den being a man of parts and one who had been esteemed for piety and honesty received his sentence with great man liness and fortitude of spirit yet with so much relenting and acknowledgment of the just hand of God the justice of the sentence and his submission thereunto that he seemed to rejoice with willingness to suffer under so righteous a sen tence and he professed Openly that although his heart could not accuse him of an evil meaning yet was he convinced of the evil of the action and dangerous consequences of it that if they had but continued three or four days longer the land had been plunged in misery and ruin and that the invasion of the Scots and the insurrections in Wales and other parts of the nation last year was not so hazardous as thisAbout the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books Find more at wwwforgottenbookscomThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work Forgotten Books uses stateoftheart technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works
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A gripping account of the Boston Massacre illustrated in a graphicfiction style By March 5 1770 it was dangerous to be a soldier in Boston Colonial businessmen opposed the taxes imposed by Great Britain The Sons of Liberty ruled the city through boycotts and riots British troops were sent to protect lives and property On that late winter day a British private found himself harassed by street toughs Then up from the docks came sailors and ruffians armed with clubs and cutlasses Soldiers from the British 29th Regiment of Foot came to disperse the mob Threats made stones thrown then gunfire In spare gripping language authorillustrator Timothy Decker describes the tense violent confrontation between Bostons angry colonists and soldiers as well as the legal aftermath that underscored the rule of law
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Michel Fortlouis a young Confederate soldier weary of war was captured by Union troops at Clinton Louisiana thirty miles from his home of New Roads It was August 1864 in the last year of the War Between the States Corporal Fortlouis was shipped north to the Union Prison Camp at Elmira New York where he died of pneumonia within ten days of his arrival More than 12000 young Southern men passed through the camp Nearly 3000 died In their Honor Soldiers of the Confederacy The Elmira Prison Camp respectfully remembers these men and boys and tells their stories Research by the author has brought awareness of the soldiers relationships brothers fathers and sons cousins and friends Descendants of the soldiers have contributed harrowing stories of survival or despair They were captured together Some made it home In their Honor includes narratives from prisoners families and a complete revised list of the Confederate dead at Woodlawn National Cemetery
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This is a statebystate analysis of the uniforms issued to Confederate troops in the American Civil War from manufacture to supply for South Carolina Mississippi Florida Alabama Georgia Louisiana Texas Virginia Arkansas Tennessee North Carolina Missouri Kentucky and Maryland
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The Natchez Trace is one of the oldest trails in North America In 1801 President Jefferson ordered the Army to build a road along the trail to provide a route for moving troops and delivering mail Jefferson dispatched soldiers down the road in 1803 to protect the Louisiana Purchase and Andrew Jackson and his troops followed it to battle the British in the War of 1812 As an 1800era link between Nashville Tennessee and Natchez Mississippi the road served as a pathway for settling much of what we now know as the South Twentiethcentury writers such as Eudora Welty later embellished its lore of heroes bandits and spies inspiring Southern leaders to revive the Natchez Trace
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