which encompassed western states including Louisiana, Texas, Colorado, Arkansas, Missouri, and New Mexico Dividing the war into three theaters allows for more precise discussions of the Civil War ...

This map shows how the South responded in the four decades prior to the Civil War. Cotton production expanded ... but also portions of Louisiana and Virginia that were then under Union control.

No Union victory in the Civil War ... on the map. But when it came to holding onto the South’s largest and most strategic city, New Orleans, the rebels were notably stingy. With Louisiana ...

The American Civil Liberties ... O’ Connor, and Louisiana attorneys Ron Wilson and John Adcock filed a motion today to lift a stay in a federal lawsuit challenging Louisiana’s discriminatorily drawn ...

The white frame, pillared house in Opelousas, La., that served as the home and office of Louisiana Gov. Thomas O. Moore for nine months between 1862 and 1863 burned to the ground on July 14.

NEW ORLEANS — As some middle school students in Louisiana open their textbooks ... especially in Chapter 10 that deals with Secession and Civil War. Part of the preview mentions how white ...