A Wisconsin yankee in confederate Bayou country
Subtitle: the Civil War reminiscences of a Union general
By: Halbert Eleazer Paine ; edited by Samuel C. Hyde Jr.
Contributors: Hyde, Samuel C., 1958-
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Baton Rouge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9780807134184
Subjects: Paine, Halbert E; United States. -- Army. -- Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, 4th (1861-1863); Generals -- Wisconsin -- Biography; Wisconsin -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives; Wisconsin -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories; Louisiana -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns
Genres: Biography.; Personal narratives.
Description: Provides General Halbert Paine's reflections and offers his excellent eyewitness accounts of the complexities of war. His experiences shed light on the daily struggle of the common soldier and on the political and legal debates that dominated the times.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Camp Utley to the Eastern Shore of Maryland; title: Baltimore to Ship Island; title: Aboard the Ship Great Republic to New Orleans; title: From Frenier Station to Vicksburg and New Orleans; title: My time of service under arrest; title: In command at Baton Rouge; title: Sundry operations and the Teche campaign; title: Operations connected to the siege of Port Hudson; title: Humorous anecdotes, miscellany, and farewell.