Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Louisiana” in chapter 6 of William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1:
...onwealth upon the soil of Virginia.
So they were the first, in 1862, to land in North Carolina, and carry the flag, and keep step to the music of the Union, in the far-off plains of Mississippi and Louisiana .
Before the end of the year, as we shall proceed to show, Massachusetts soldiers were the first to land on the soil of Texas, and display the ensign of the republic in the city of Galveston.
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