A Wisconsin Yankee in Confederate Bayou Country: The Civil War Reminiscences of a Union General

Images

Harper’s Weekly depiction of Federal soldiers carrying off their dead and wounded at the site of General Paine’s assault during the June 14, 1863, attack on Port Hudson, Louisiana. Harper’s Weekly depiction of the death of General Thomas Williams while commanding the Federal defense of Baton Rouge on August 5, 1862. Federal occupation soldiers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, believed to be members of the 4th Wisconsin Regiment. Courtesy of the Fred Benton Collection, Center for Southeast Louisiana Studies, Southeastern Louisiana University. Untitled photograph believed to be of the Halbert Paine home in Wisconsin. Courtesy of the Fred Benton Collection, Center for Southeast Louisiana Studies, Southeastern Louisiana University. Postwar photograph of Congressman Halbert Paine. Courtesy of the Wisconsin Historical Society. Harper’s Weekly depiction of General Paine’s headquarters at the Chambers’s sugarhouse during the siege of Port Hudson, Louisiana. ...