A Yankee regiment in Confederate Louisiana : the 31st Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry in the Gulf South /
Author / Creator: | Lowenthal, Larry, author. |
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Imprint: | Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2019] |
Description: | xv, 338 pages : illustration, map ; 24 cm |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12000007 |
Summary: | The 31st Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment was one of only a handful of New England units to serve in Louisiana and the Gulf region during the Civil War, and, of those, it remained there the longest. Its soldiers, most of whom were impressionable young men from small towns in central and western Massachusetts, assumed numerous roles, functioning as infantry, cavalry, and mounted infantry when needed. The regiment operated as an army of occupation; participated in siege warfare at Port Hudson, Louisiana; marched and fought in long field operations such as the Red River campaign; engaged in guerrilla warfare; and garrisoned coastal defense fortifications. It also had the distinction of being the first Federal unit to enter and occupy New Orleans. |
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Physical Description: | xv, 338 pages : illustration, map ; 24 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-327) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780807171905 0807171905 9780807172490 9780807172476 |