Even as the clouds over the Confederacy grow ever darker–or perhaps because the future of the South looks so bleak–the veneration of the deceased Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson as a Southern saint is well underway. Having died less than a year ago, Jackson’s image is the subject of much debate among those who vie…
The Union’s Red River campaign heats up as the weather warms up. The objective is to invade Texas by way of Shreveport, Louisiana. To that end the federals under Union General Nathaniel Banks are advancing to Shreveport. Yesterday, however, Banks made the mistake of trying to take a short cut to Shreveport, in the process…
The reconstruction of Southern states takes another step forward today when Louisiana delegates assemble in New Orleans to debate the wording of a new constitution that will abolish slavery and restore the state to the Union. Although prior to the war Louisiana claimed some of the richest counties in the nation due to the presence…