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

The telegram sent from Washington last Sunday, in regard to the probable capture of the City of New-Orleans, has not yet been verified by any arrivals from our Gulf contingent. A Memphis paper has ...

He tells the story of New Orleans from the outbreak of the war through its fall to Union forces in 1862, and does a solid job elucidating why this was vital to the downfall of Confederate chances for ...