When the Rebels flanked the Union line on the Federals’ far left, and the 9th Louisiana Infantry, African Descent, peeled back, it began a cascading effect all along the Federal defenses. All other Union positions suddenly became unsustainable. The 1st more »
Brig. Gen. Henry McCulloch’s men, part of Walker’s Texas Division, had been marching and countermarching, embarking on boats, disembarking, then re-embarking to go back from whence they came, over the course of several weeks. On the last day of more »
In the early morning darkness of June 6, 1863, around 2a.m., Col. Hermann Lieb took his regiment of new recruits out for a reconnaissance toward the railroad depot, near Tallulah and Richmond, Louisiana. Two companies of the irritable 10th Illinois Cavalry were more »
The men of Brig. Gen. Henry McCulloch’s brigade were both nervous and excited. There were Yankees ahead, and the unproven Texans weren’t sure what to expect. They were confident, to be sure – but still, each man wondered – “Will more »
The men in the camp of the 10th Illinois Cavalry were in an uproar. Pvt. John O’Brien was being held in the nearby camp of the 1st Mississippi Infantry, African Descent, (a Union unit despite its name). Col. Isaac F. more »