Natchez Daily Courier, June 16, 1863: Washington [Ark.] Telegraph, June 24, 1863: A fight occurred at Miliken’s [sic] Bend on Sunday, the 7th inst. between our forces and that of the enemy, which resulted in their entire defeat. The battle more »
In early April 1863, Adjutant General of the United States, Lorenzo Thomas, stopped at many of the posts along the Mississippi River and addressed the troops. His mission, authorized by the secretary of war as well as President Lincoln, was more »
I thought I’d change my focus in this post to look at one of the smaller repositories that I visited, the Texas Heritage Museum at Hill College in Waco, Texas. Their research center was formerly known as the Confederate Research more »
In the second installment of my Archives Month series, I wanted to highlight Tulane University’s Special Collections – in particular, their Louisiana Research Collection, otherwise known as LaRC. I had only limited time to do research when I was there, more »
In honor of Archives Month, I thought I would post once a week about various repositories which I visited, and comment upon some of the resources I found. Today, I’ll write about Louisiana State University, Special Collections, specifically their Louisiana more »