Achilles Harris was a husband, father, and private from a town named Athens in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana. He wrote home to his wife Rebecca from the start of the American Civil War, when he left ...
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Unbelievable Civil War relics found in Port Hudson, LA
Join us for an unforgettable metal detecting adventure in Port Hudson, Louisiana—site of the longest siege in U.S. history. We uncover an astonishing Civil War-era sword and a massive 20-pound Parrott ...
Kourtland Marcotte didn’t know that Black soldiers played such significant roles in Civil War battles, like the Battle of Vicksburg. The incoming Peabody Magnet High School senior and speech and ...
Stacker compiled a list of the biggest cities in Louisiana 150 years ago using data transcribed from the 1870 U.S. Census.
He wasn't popular in the South at the Civil War's end, and in many ways, he still isn't. But that didn't keep Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman from returning to Louisiana after scorching a path through ...
A Louisiana state historic marker at the intersection of Pinhook Road and La Rue France in Lafayette commemorates the battles of Pinhook Bridge and Bayou Vermilion in 1863. The Louisiana state ...
A Civil War-era projectile causes a brief evacuation.
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