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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Louisiana, (search)
ture together as early as Oct. 5, but there was neither union, harmony, nor confidence. The people, alarmed, complained of the legislature; that body complained of the governor; and Claiborne complained of both the legislature and the people. Money and credit were equally wanting, and ammunition was very scarce. There was no effective naval force in the adjacent waters; and only two small militia regiments and a weak battalion of uniformed volunteers, commanded by Major Plauche, a gallant Creole, composed the military force for repelling invasion or defending the city. In every aspect the situation was most gloomy when Jackson arrived. His advent was hailed with joy. Jackson's come! Jackson's come! went from lip to lip. He did not rest for a moment. He at once organized the feeble military force in the city; took measures for obstructing the large bayous, whose waters formed convenient communication between the city and the Gulf of Mexico; and proceeded to inspect and strengthe
Raphael Semmes, Memoirs of Service Afloat During the War Between the States, Chapter 10: (search)
ness the military processions, and the Confederate flag in miniature was pinned on almost every bosom. The enthusiasm of the Frenchman had been most easily and gracefully blended with the stern determination of the Southern man of English descent; the consequence of which was, that there was more demonstrative patriotism in New Orleans, than in any other of our Southern cities. Nor was this patriotism demonstrative only, it was deep and real, and was afterward sealed with some of the best Creole blood of the land, poured out, freely, on many a desperate battle-field. Alas! poor Louisiana. Once the seat of wealth, and of a gay and refined hospitality, thy manorial residences are deserted, and in decay, or have been levelled by the torch of the incendiary; thy fruitful fields, that were cultivated by the contented laborer, who whistled his merriment to his lazy plow, have been given to the jungle; thy fair daughters have been insulted, by the coarse, and rude Vandal; and even thy li
John Dimitry , A. M., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 10.1, Louisiana (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 2: (search)
strict appeared the Orleans Guards, The Orleans Guards may boast that, among its privates in 1861, one was G. T. Beauregard. organized by the old members of the company bearing that name, once famous among that militia of which New Orleans has always been deservedly proud. With this new call upon the name, with the hope of active service in the near future, the lists were rapidly filled. Three companies were ready together. The battalion was composed, as always, of the élite of the old Creole population, thus officered: First company, Capt. O. Labatut. Second company, Capt. Chas. Roman. Third company, Capt. Gustav Cruzat. Fourth company, still organizing. In the Fourth district two companies had been formed —still without officers—Numa Augustin; battalion major. A future, lost in clouds, cannot abate the composure of men entirely firm. Christmas came, and with it that good humor which belongs to the season. Every one, whether at home or on the street, seemed to put
John Dimitry , A. M., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 10.1, Louisiana (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Biographical. (search)
, 1841, as second-lieutenant of engineers. He served as acting assistant professor of engineering at West Point from August, 1841, to July, 1842, and as State engineer and surveyor general of Louisiana in 1845. Resigning in the latter year he re-entered the service of the United States in 1847 with appointment as lieutenant-colonel of the Fourteenth infantry, in the brigade commanded by Gen. Franklin Pierce. He was frequently mentioned by General Pierce in his reports as the gallant young Creole colonel. At the battle of Molino del Rey, one of the fiercest of the bloody combats of the valley of Mexico, his gallantry was so conspicuous that he was brevetted colonel. After the war Hebert returned to his home in Louisiana In 1852 he was a member of the convention which met to revise the constitution of his State. In the same year he was elected governor. Soon after the expiration of his term as governor, William Tecumseh Sherman was, through his influence, elected superintendent o
The Daily Dispatch: March 24, 1862., [Electronic resource], Notes of the War. (search)
n. P. O. Hebert is his brother. The Delta makes the following correction: The Picayunes is in error as to the relationship of Col. Louis Hebert to Gen. P. O. Hebert. They are cousins, not brothers. They were both graduates of West Point. They both served as State Engineers of Louisiana. They both entered in to the military service of the State at the moment of her secession; and subsequently into that of the Confederate States Like Gen. Beauregard, they were scions of ancient Creole families. Mr. Yancey in New Orleans. We copy the following from the New Orleans Delta, of the 14th inst.: Yesterday Mr. Yancey arrived in the city from Berwick's Bay, via the Opelousas Railroad, and stopped at the St. Charles. In the course of the evening, billing in the rotunda of the hotel, and a large impromptu assemblage of gentlemen having collected, he was called out and almost forced to make some remark. He mounted the centre-table, looking remarkably well after his
The Daily Dispatch: May 15, 1862., [Electronic resource], For hire. (search)
heir doors. That is prudent and is a condition precedent of their not being pitched overboard. The streets are not what they were by a long way. The night is dark, and citizens sit around the circle of their household gods. There are none of those lively street groups that used to make nightfall pleasant. People speak with "bated breath;" but they keep up a good deal of thinking and in assured coteries express their abhorrence of the foe, and talk in a whisper of the future. The Creole population, as far as I can learn, are earnestly loyal to their own Government; and it is no secret that there is a vast amount of chagrin and disappointment as regards the tame surrender of the city — not after the enemy's boats reached the city, but in the blunders, or treachery, or lack of zeal in the cause, which induced the fall of the forts and kept unworked the other means to block the advance to the face of the city. But it is almost with tears that I allude to the subject at al