The life of the Little Giant from Illinois is described stressing the part he played in the events preceding the Civil War

Stephen A. Douglas: Defender of the Union

History

Capers, Gerald M.

Americas

Little,Brown & Co

The Mississippi River: Before and After Mark Twain

Exposition Press

New Orleans is the largest American city ever occupied by enemy forces for an extended period of time. Falling to an amphibious Federal force in the spring of 1862, the city was threatened with the possibility of Confederate recapture even as late as 1864. How this tension affected the lives of both civilians and soldiers during the occupation is here examined.Gerald M. Capers finds that the occupation policies of General Benjamin F. Butler and General Nathaniel P. Banks were successful and that Butler's harsh policies were by no means as vicious as legend would have it. Banks at first reversed Butler's harsh policies, but was gradually compelled to become less lenient. Banks did succeed in establishing a civil government under Lincoln's orders, but Congress refused to recognize the civil government and imposed a reconstruction government at war's end.Life for the average resident of New Orleans, Capers states, was much better during the occupation than it was for Southerners in areas still in Confederate control. Relative economic decline had begun in the 1850's but New Orleans even enjoyed a war boom during the last two years. And although America's only brief experience as an occupation force at the time had been in Vera Cruz during 1846, Butler and Banks performed their duties well.

Occupied City: New Orleans Under the Federals 1862–1865

University Press of Kentucky

<p>History of Memphis, Tennessee, from Native American days to early 20th century. Originally written in 1939, this is a reprint of the second (1966) edition.</p>

The Biography of a River Town: Memphis Its Heroic Age

Biographies & Memoirs

Burkes Book Store

The Biography of a River Town: Memphis -- It's Heroic Age

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Stephen A. Douglas Defender Of The Union

Nabu Press

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