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

Grant led their respective armies, the generals serving under them directed the numerous battles that comprised the Civil War, which were ... western states including Louisiana, Texas, Colorado ...

Matthew Ward, PhD, assistant professor of history, will give a presentation on his book, Garden of Ruins: Occupied Louisiana ... the Civil War, they think about famous generals and big battles ...