Index
INDEX African Methodist Episcopal Church, 28 Alexandria, La., 49, 90-91, 95 Alfred, John A., 88», 114n Algiers, La., 39, 40 Anderson, William, 24 Andrew, John, 88«, 95 Andrews, George L., Sin, 7Sn, 81, 84-86, 90 Arkansas regiments: 17th Mounted Infantry, 71 Atchafalaya Basin, 49 Auguston, Joseph, 114« Bailey, Joseph, 91 Banks, Nathaniel P.: assessment of black soldiers, 62, 96; forms "Forlorn Hope," 61; invests Port Hudson, 49; opinion of black officers, 45; persuades black officers to resign, 43-44; and Port Hudson campaign, 48-49, 51-52, 59-60; pulls black troops out of rural parishes, 39; purges black officers, 72-74; recruits more black soldiers, 68, 70; and Red River campaign, 90-93; replaced as department commander, 100; replaces Butler,38; and surgeons for black troops, 98; mentioned, 37, 39, 48, 57, 75, 77, 78, 83, 85, 97,103 Barren, Richard, 50« Barrett, William B., 18n, 74, 105, 109* Bassett, Chauncey, 24, 51, 56 Baton Rouge, La., 3, 14, 29, 41, 42,44, 45, 48,79 Bayou Des Allemands, 113 Bayou Lafourche, 32-33, 36, 39,41 Bayou Sera, 51 Bayou Teche, 49 Belley, William, 75 Bellville Iron Works, 40 Bertonneau, Arnold, 3,4n, 73, 94-96,105, 107-109,114 Bertonneau, Julia Lacaste, 114 Berwick Bay, 32, 34, 36 Bienville Street Cemetery, 69 Big Sandy Creek, 51 "Black Brigade," 17n Black soldiers: arms and equipment of, 4546 ; distinguished from "good troops," 96n; enlistment of, 15; and the right to vote, 82,104; families of, 30-31;illness among, 97; in state militia, 3; increased recruitment of, after Port Hudson, 66-68, 70; murdered near Jackson, La., 70; and "Star Cars," 31-32; unequal pay for, 87; Union troops' reaction to, 29, 42-43; used as common laborers, 96-97; white opposition to, 21-22, 30-31 Blake, Orwell, 114« Bourgeau, Alfred, 77 Boutte Station, 33, 36 Breckinridge, John C., 14 Brown, Brazile,Jr., 24 Brown, John, 13 Brown, John Mifflin, 28 Burchmore, E, 81« 135 I N D E X Bureau of Colored Troops, 96 Butler, Benjamin F.: asks Washington for reinforcements, 14; characterizes free men of color, 6; and enlistment of black soldiers, 15-16, 18; occupies New Orleans, 12; opinion of black soldiers, 13, 18-19; orders Native Guards to Bayou Lafourche, 32; and Phelpscontroversy, 12-14; policy on fugitive slaves, 13; praises black troops, 18;prejudices against black troops, 13,19; reacts to Banks's purging of black officers, 82; reorganizes Native Guards, 16; replaced by Nathaniel P. Banks, 38; strategy to increase enlistment of black troops, 2021 ; mentioned, 17,23-31, 33, 72, 76, 95, 102, 105, 110 Callioux, Andre, 27, 54, 55, 57, 59, 69,112 Camp Moore, 9 Camp Parapet, 13, 27, 89«, 102 Camp Stevens, 50« Camp Strong, 23, 24,28-31 Canby, Edward R. S., 100 Carter, Edward, 77n Carter, H:, 32« Chadwick, John C., 87 Chapin, Edward P., 50 Chase, Salmon P., 16,18 Chevalier, Pierre, 114n Clovese, Joseph, 115» Cobb, Howell, 65 Congo, August, 24 Congo, Wimba, 24 Connecticut regiments: 9th Infantry, 51«; 12th Infantry, 12, 19; 13thInfantry, 61, 92 "Contrabands," 13,18, 20, 99 Corps d'Afrique: at Port Hudson, 84; becomes United States Colored Troops, 96; organization of, 70; purge of black officers from, 72-73; quality of white officers in, 79-82; and Red River campaign, 90-93; unequal pay for, 87; mentioned, 71, 74, 77, 85, 86, 89, 94 Corps d'Afrique regiments: 1st Infantry, 70, 72, 76-79, 82, 85, 90, 93; 2nd Infantry, 70, 72, 74-76, 78, 80, 82, 93; 3rd Infantry, 70, 72, 78, 81, 90, 93; 20th Infantry, 77. See also Native Guard regiments; United States Colored Troops (USCT) Couvent, Mme. Bernard,2 Couvent School for Orphans, 2, 17« Crowder, John H., 28, 46, 57, 77n, 89« Daniels, Nathan W., 25,46, 63, 80 David, John J., 113 Davis, Edgar, 18, 41, 77«, 109n Davis, Jennie, 80 De Forest, John William, 19 De Pass, John, 76 "Defenders of the Native Land," 1, 3, 4, 25, 107 De Gruy,Joseph, 37, 38 Delany, Martin R., 110« Denison, George S., 16, 18 Detiege, Emile, 24, 27, 37, 38, 77«, 78, 82, 105, 109n Devereux, John G., 7n Dibble, Henry C., 110 Dickey, WilliamH., 90-92 Dillard University,109« Donaldsonville, La., 33 Douglass, Frederick, 95 Dumas, Francis E., 19, 26-27,47n, 74,110, 111,114 Dunn, Oscar, 111 Dwight, William, 52-53, 55-56, 62, 84n East Pascagoula, Miss., 46-47 Economy Hall, 94 Emory, WilliamH., 74, 91 English...
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