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    • General William T. Sherman

    • General William T. Sherman

    • Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891--Portraits; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Generals--American--1860-1870;United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union; Prints

    • Sherman served as president of military academy in Pineville immediately before War.
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    • Burnside rifle with a patent breechloading carbine

    • Burnside rifle with a patent breechloading carbine

    • United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Equipment & supplies; Rifles; Arms & armament

    • Breechloaders had a higher rate of fire than traditional muskets, but were initially rejected by the U. S. army because of belief that they would waste ammunition. They gained general acceptance late in the Civil War and had an immediate impact on...
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    • De Soto on the Shore of the Mississippi

    • De Soto on the Shore of the Mississippi

    • Soto, Hernando de, b. 1568?--Portraits; Clothing & dress; Indians of North America

    • De Soto and others in elaborate dress. Note: "Drawn by H.L. Stephens, engraved by Augustus Robin, N.Y."
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    • Plan de la Nouvelle Orleans

    • Plan de la Nouvelle Orleans

    • New Orleans (La.)--Maps; Powder magazines; Mississippi River--Maps--Early works to 1800

    • Map reflects the layout of the city 2-3 decades before the date of publication, but shows how few of the original plans for fortifications were actually constructed.

    • 1764
    • Plan of New Orleans

    • Plan of New Orleans

    • New Orleans (La.)--Maps--Early works to 1800

    • Map is from Philip Pittman's "The Present State of the European Settlements on the Missisippi with A Geographical Description of that River, 1770. Pittman was a British officer who examined and mapped the fortifications built by Governor Kerlerec.

    • 1770
    • Plan of Fort Baton Rouge

    • Plan of Fort Baton Rouge

    • Fort Baton Rouge (La.); Mississippi River--Maps--Early works to 1800; Topographic maps; Louisiana--History--To 1803

    • Map shows the Mississippi and Galvez' route of attack on the British fort. Published posthumously, Victor Collot's survey in 1796 was part of an intelligence mission into Spanish Louisiana and Florida in preparation for a possible French attack on...

    • 1796
    • Sketch of New Orleans taken from fort St. Charles / Sketch of Plaquemine fort

    • Sketch of New Orleans taken from fort St. Charles / Sketch of Plaquemine fort

    • Fort St. Charles (La.); Mississippi River--Maps--Early works to 1800; Topographic maps; Louisiana--History--To 1803; Fort Plaquemine (La.); New Orleans (La.)--Maps

    • Upper map shows lines of fire from the various guns in Carondelet's fortifications around New Orleans. Original map was prepared by Victor Collot, a French spy collecting information for an attack on New Orleans.

    • 1796
    • Hopital militaire et caserne, s.

    • Hopital militaire et caserne, s.

    • Military hospitals--United States--Design and construction; Military hospitals--Louisiana--New Orleans--History--19th century

    • Detail of a military hospital from "Plan of the City and Suburbs of New Orleans from an actual Survey made in 1815." The hospital was built by the French in New Orleans near the Ursuline Convent in 1758.

    • 1817
    • View of the Harbour of the City of New Orleans

    • View of the Harbour of the City of New Orleans

    • New Orleans (La.)--Maps; New Orleans (La.)--Harbor; Fauborg Marigny (New Orleans, La.); Fort St. Charles (La.)

    • This map shows growth of the Marigny neighborhood blocking the field of fire of Ft. St. Charles, which contributed to making the fort obsolete. Jackson used the fort as barracks and headquarters around the time of the Battle of New Orleans.

    • 1817
    • Hall's 1819 Model breechloading rifle

    • Hall's 1819 Model breechloading rifle

    • Hall's rifle; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Equipment & supplies

    • Hall's 1819 Model breechloading rifle was converted to percussion by U.S. Arsenal. Breechloaders had a higher rate of fire than traditional muskets, but were initially rejected by the U. S. army because of belief that they would waste ammunition. ...

    • 1819
    • An Account of some of the bloody deeds of General Jackson

    • An Account of some of the bloody deeds of General Jackson

    • Broadsides--1820-1830; Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845; Packenham, Sir Edward; Soldiers--British; Coffins; Presidents--Election--1828; United States--Politics and government--1825-1829--Sources; Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848; United States--History--War...

    • Anti-Andrew Jackson broadside, circulated during the 1828 presidential campaign. Features black coffins to represent British soldiers who died.

    • 1828
    • Antoine Jacques Phillippe de Marigny de Mandeville

    • Antoine Jacques Phillippe de Marigny de Mandeville

    • Marigny de Mandeville, Bernard Xavier Philippe de, 1785-1868--Portraits; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Generals--American--1860-1870; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Confederate; Confederate States...

    • Formal portrait of Antoine Jacques Phillippe de Marigny de Mandeville. He was born in Louisiana but attended military academy in France. He became an officer in the Orleans Lancers and served as Colonel in 10th La. Regiment in the Civil War. He...

    • 1833
    • General Jean Baptiste Plauche

    • General Jean Baptiste Plauche

    • New Orleans, Battle of, New Orleans, La., 1815; Generals--American--1810-1820; Military officers; Military uniforms--United States--1810-1820; Plauche, Jean Baptiste--Portraits; Oil paintings

    • Formal portrait of General Jean Baptiste Plauche in military uniform. Plauche was the Brigadeer General of the Louisiana Legion and commandant of the Batallion d'Orleans at the Battle of New Orleans.

    • 1836
    • Corporal Edmund J. Forstall

    • Corporal Edmund J. Forstall

    • New Orleans, Battle of, New Orleans, La., 1815; Soldiers--American--1810-1820; Military uniforms--United States--1810-1820; Forstall, Edmund J.--Portraits; Oil paintings

    • Formal portrait of Corporal Edmund J. Forstall in uniform. Forstall fought under Plauche in the Batallion d'Orleans at the Battle of New Orleans. 

    • 1836
    • Jean Michel Fortier

    • Jean Michel Fortier

    • New Orleans, Battle of, New Orleans, La., 1815; Military officers; Oil paintings; Clothing & dress; Fortier, Jean Michel--Portraits

    • Formal portrait of Jean Michel Fortier. Fortier commanded the Corps of Free Men of Color at the Battle of New Orleans.

    • 1839
    • Battle of New Orleans

    • Battle of New Orleans

    • New Orleans, Battle of, New Orleans, La., 1815; Oil paintings; Battlefields; Military uniforms; Flags--United States

    • Battlefield scene with soldiers fighting and dying.

    • 1839

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