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    • A Tribute to defenders of New Orleans

    • A Tribute to defenders of New Orleans

    • United States--History--War of 1812; Women--Louisiana; Tennessee--Militia; New Orleans, Battle of, New Orleans, La., 1815

    • Josepine Favrot praises the Tennessee militia and the women of Louisiana for their bravery.

    • 1815-01-15
    • Letter, Pierre-Joseph Favrot, Baton Rouge, La., to "Excellency" [Marques de Someruelos],...

    • Letter, Pierre-Joseph Favrot, Baton Rouge, La., to "Excellency" [Marques de Someruelos], Havana

    • Someruelos, Salvador Jose de Muros y Salazar, Marques de--Correspondence; Grand-Pre, Charles Boucher de, 1754-1809; Delassus, Charles Dehault, 1767-1842; Governors--Louisiana; Baton Rouge (La.)--History; Spain--Colonies--North America

    • Favrot reports to Someruelos that Carlos De Lassus, commander of Louisiana, gave authority to an unscrupulous captain in the Louisiana Regiment, Raphael Croker. Croker abused his authority and this set in motion an insurgence by the citizens of...

    • 1811-01-08
    • Letter, Pierre-Joseph Favrot, Baton Rouge, La., to Philogene Favrot, Nashville, Tenn.

    • Letter, Pierre-Joseph Favrot, Baton Rouge, La., to Philogene Favrot, Nashville, Tenn.

    • Favrot, Philogene--Correspondence; United States--History--War of 1812; Spain--Colonies--North America; Spain--Foreign relations

    • Pierre-Joseph Favrot writes to his son informing him that he is aware of Philogene's ruse regarding his true location, but that Philogene's mother is still unaware. Pierre-Joseph begs his son to leave the army and return home. The letter also gives...

    • 1814-09-16
    • Treaty of Ghent Memorandum

    • Treaty of Ghent Memorandum

    • Bore, Etienne de, 1740-1829; Treaty of Ghent (1814); Fort Bowyer (Ala.); United States--History--War of 1812; Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Cavalry Regiment, 2nd.

    • Memorandum, dated "At Mons. Boré 12 o'clock on Sunday 19th Feby 1815," stating that Captain Kempe[r?] announced the signing of the Peace Treaty at Ghent and the surrender of Fort Bowyer (Ala.) to the British. Also mentions that Edward Livingston...

    • 1815-02-14
    • Letter, Geo[rge] Holland Marble, Natchez, [Miss.], to the Hon[orable] John L. Putnam, Cornish,...

    • Letter, Geo[rge] Holland Marble, Natchez, [Miss.], to the Hon[orable] John L. Putnam, Cornish, Newhampshire [sic]

    • Putnam, John L.--Correspondence; United States--History--War of 1812--Personal narratives, American; New Orleans, Battle of, New Orleans, La., 1815; Chalmette, Battle of, Chalmette, La., 1815; Louisiana--History--War of 1812

    • Marble describes his trip to New Orleans and to the Chalmette battlefield, including the vivid memories of Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans that the visit to Chalmette brings up. He did not like New Orleans in past visits, but is better...

    • 1835-12-28
    • Republic of Louisiana Letter

    • Republic of Louisiana Letter

    • United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives; New Orleans (La.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Cotton Industry; St. Charles Hotel (New Orleans, La.); Women--Louisiana--New Orleans; New Orleans (La.)--History--Civil War,...

    • In four closely written pages, an unidentified matron of New Orleans writes this incomplete letter to her father describing life in the newly created Republic of Louisiana. Caution pervades every aspect of trade; people are collecting debts and...

    • 1861-02-16
    • Infamous! : vide Lord Palmerston's speech

    • Infamous! : vide Lord Palmerston's speech

    • Women--Louisiana--New Orleans; Broadsides; New Orleans (La.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Louisiana--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Prostitution

    • Contains General orders no. 28, by command of Maj.-Gen. Benjamin Butler, Head-quarters, Dep't of the Gulf, New Orleans, May 15, 1862. This order is commonly called the "Woman's Order." In 1862 General Butler issued the infamous "Woman's Order" in...

    • 1862
    • One bumper at parting : the ladies' farewell to Brutal Ferocity Butler

    • One bumper at parting : the ladies' farewell to Brutal Ferocity Butler

    • Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893--Anecdotes, facetiae, satire, etc.; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Poetry--Confederate; New Orleans (La.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Poetry

    • This satiric poem of five stanzas, printed on a single sheet and attributed only to "Cougie," celebrates the departure of General Butler from New Orleans. The poem contains references to Butler's infamous General Order No. 28, often called the...

    • 1862-12-20
    • Resolutions endorsing the recent proclamation and order of the President on the subject of...

    • Resolutions endorsing the recent proclamation and order of the President on the subject of retaliation

    • Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893; Confederate States of America. Congress. House of Representatives--Resolutions; Louisiana--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; New Orleans (La.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

    • Passed by Confederate Congress in response to General Butler's treatment of military prisoners and captured civilians in Louisiana. Orders the immediate execution upon capture of Butler for his "Woman's Order" issued at New Orleans. Printed at...

    • 1863-01-13
    • General Orders 117

    • General Orders 117

    • United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, African American; Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss, 1816-1894; United States. Corps d'Afrique

    • General Order 117. Revoking General Order No. 40 which established an Invalid Battalion for the Corps d'Afrique in the Department of the Gulf by order of General Banks.

    • 1864-08-28
    • Evangeline

    • Evangeline

    • Acadians; Music; Women; Clothing & dress

    • Transcript of cover: "Evangeline / Song & Chorus / By / Will. S. Hays. / Cleveland / Published by S. Brainard & Co. No. 203 Superior Street." Cover also includes a drawing of a young woman.

    • 1865

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