This book contains the transcribed journals and reports of a war
correspondent for the Boston Journal covering the campaign that
captured New Orleans in 1862. Hills' journals begin in November
1861 and describe the Union preparations for the main assault and
subsequent move up the Mississippi river, the attack on forts
Jackson and St. Phillip, and his impression of the captured city.
His observations from Union vessels in the Gulf Squadron as he
covered the war in the Gulf are also included. His articles for the
Boston Journal have herein been set near timely journal entries
along with other notes to help the reader understand the context of
what was going on in the war at the same time. A narrative of
Hills' life using available records and family documents is
included.
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