NEW Remembering the “Bonnie Blue Flag” & Harry Macarthy By Sue Burns Moore It is a close race as to whether “Dixie” or the “Bonnie Blue Flag” was the most popular song of the South during the war, for both strongly gripped Southern hearts. During the Vicksburg siege, steamboats on the Mississippi River played […]
1. Grant’s Canal In Delta, LA. From I-20, take Exit 186 to US-80. A segment of the Williams/Grant canal still exists. The canal was started by Brig. Gen. Thomas Williams and Rear Adm. David Farragut in late June, 1862. The effort was abandoned in late July, 1862. Grant resumed work on the project in the […]
NEW Remembering the “Bonnie Blue Flag” & Harry Macarthy By Sue Burns Moore It is a close race as to whether “Dixie” or the “Bonnie Blue Flag” was the most popular song of the South during the war, for both strongly gripped Southern hearts. During the Vicksburg siege, steamboats on the Mississippi River played […]
The Battle of Raymond May 12, 1863 by Francis Vinton Greene From CAMPAIGNS OF THE CIVIL WAR: THE MISSISSIPPI, published by Scribner & Sons, 1882 On the night of May 11th Grant had his army well in hand, and the orders for the next day were to move forward into position on Fourteen Mile Creek, […]