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Lee's Tigers Revisited - The Louisiana Infantry in the Army of Northern Virginia (Hardcover)
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Lee's Tigers Revisited - The Louisiana Infantry in the Army of Northern Virginia (Hardcover)
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In Lee's Tigers Revisited, noted Civil War scholar Terry L. Jones
dramatically expands and revises his acclaimed history of the
approximately twelve thousand Louisiana infantrymen who fought in
Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. Sometimes derided as the
""wharf rats from New Orleans"" and the ""lowest scrappings of the
Mississippi,"" the Louisiana Tigers earned a reputation for being
drunken and riotous in camp, but courageous and dependable on the
battlefield. Louisiana's soldiers, some of whom wore colorful
uniforms in the style of French Zouaves, reflected the state's
multicultural society, with regiments consisting of French-speaking
Creoles and European immigrants. Units made pivotal contributions
to many crucial battles- resisting the initial Union onslaught at
First Manassas, facilitating Stonewall Jackson's famous Valley
Campaign, holding the line at Second Manassas by throwing rocks
when they ran out of ammunition, breaking the Union line
temporarily at Gettysburg's Cemetery Hill, containing the Union
breakthrough at Spotsylvania's Bloody Angle, and leading Lee's
attempted breakout of Petersburg at Fort Stedman. The Tigers
achieved equal notoriety for their outrageous behavior off the
battlefield, so much so that sources suggest no general wanted them
in his command. By the time of Lee's surrender at Appomattox, there
were fewer than four hundred Louisiana Tigers still among his
troops. Lee's Tigers Revisited uses letters, diaries, memoirs,
newspaper articles, and muster rolls to provide a detailed account
of the origins, enrollments, casualties, and desertion rates of
these soldiers. Illustrations- including several maps newly
commissioned for this edition- chart the Tigers' positions on key
battlefields in the tumultuous campaigns throughout Virginia. By
utilizing first-person accounts and official records, Jones
provides the definitive study of the Louisiana Tigers and their
harrowing experiences in the Civil War.
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