Albert Gaius Hills

A Civil War Correspondent in New Orleans

The Journals and Reports of Albert Gaius Hills of the Boston Journal

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Produktbeschreibung

This book contains the transcribed journals and reports of a war correspondent for the Boston Journal covering the campaign that captured New Orleans in 1862. Hills' journals begin in November 1861 and describe the Union preparations for the main assault and subsequent move up the Mississippi river, the attack on forts Jackson and St. Phillip, and his impression of the captured city. His observations from Union vessels in the Gulf Squadron as he covered the war in the Gulf are also included. His articles for the Boston Journal have herein been set near timely journal entries along with other notes to help the reader understand the context of what was going on in the war at the same time. A narrative of Hills' life using available records and family documents is included.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 206
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 343g
• ISBN-13: 9780786471935
• ISBN-10: 078647193X
• Artikelnr.: 35710340

Autorenporträt

Albert Gaius Hills (1829-1879) spent most of his life as a reporter for the Boston Journal and covered the Civil War campaigns of generals Butler and Banks in Louisiana.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Preface Introduction 1. The Life of Albert Gaius Hills 2. Taking New Orleans, 1862 3. Covering the Campaign 4. About the Journals of A.G. Hills, Reporter for the Boston Journal 5. Journal of a Military Expedition from Boston to _____ 6. Sketches Showing the Action on the River 7. Memoranda of Letters Sent to the Boston Journal 8. New Orleans Under Occupation 9. A.G. Hills' Third Journal and His Return to New Orleans 10. The Reports for the Boston Journal Bold Strategy of a Rebel Schooner Under the Guns of Fort San Louis and Confederate Soldiers Captured by the U.S. Steamer Montgomery Recollections of the Siege of Forts Jackson and St. Phillip and the Capture of New Orleans Seeking Information Under Dif
culties [1] U.S. Steamer J.P. Jackson off New Orleans April 30, 1862 Letter to Charles O. Rogers, April 28, 1862 The Mississippi and the Ram Manassas Letter from the Mississippi River Spectators of the Bombardment How the Sabbath of the Siege Was Observed A Plan for Obstructing the Mississippi at the Forts; Found Among the Papers Left in Fort Jackson and Pronounced Impenetrable by the Most Skillful Of
cers of Our Squadron The Loss on Both Sides Seeking Information under Dif
culties [2] The Surrender of the City Albert Gaius Hills Timeline Notes Bibliography Index