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New Orleans at War: A Merchant's View
“June 8, 1861 -April 4, 1862. A manager of cotton brokerage reported the effects of the Federal blockade to one of the firm's owners. He included the state of the cotton market, the city's defenses, and the activities of the British Guard Battalion,…
Social Life in Old New Orleans, Being Recollections of my Girlhood
“Social life, plantation, New Orleans during War.”
Two Months in the Confederate States: Including a Visit to New Orleans Under the Domination of General Butler
“This English merchant visited the Confederate States primarily to investigate the status of debts owed by Southerners to English and foreign merchants. Corsan took ship for New Orleans, where he spent a few days before making his way through the…
The Journal of Julia le Grand, New Orleans, 1862-1863
“A very useful account of wartime New Orleans, before and after Federal occupation.”
Reminiscences of the Confederacy, J.U. Payne, of New Orleans, LA -- His Devotion to, and Sacrifices for the Cause
“Sketchy recollections of a business associate and acquaintance of Davis.”
