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Author Archives: SeanMichaelChick
Shiloh and Private Samuel Chick
In studying up on my family’s genealogy in 2017 I found ancestors who fought both North and South. They are mostly cousins. I am the direct descendant of Private Samuel Chick of Company E of the 44th Tennessee. The regiment … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Common Soldier, Memory
Tagged 44th Tennessee, ancestors, Battle of Shiloh, civil war memory, genealogy, Samuel Chick
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The Rise and Fall of W. Irving Hodgson
The most famed artillery unit of the American Civil War was New Orleans’ Washington Artillery. Founded in 1838, they had taken part in the Mexican-American War but did not see combat. Founded as a strictly Anglo-American outfit, by the 1850s … Continue reading
Posted in Artillery, Battles
Tagged New Orleans, Shiloh, W. Irving Hodgson, Washington Artillery
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Shiloh: Preston Pond’s Charge at Tilghman Branch
Among the largest brigades to fight at Shiloh was Colonel Preston Pond’s outfit, mostly made up of Louisiana troops. It numbered around 2,600 men. 1,400 of these were in two regiments, the 38th Tennessee and the Crescent Regiment, a militia … Continue reading
Laure “Doucette” Larendon: Beauregard’s Daughter
Among P.G.T. Beauregard his closest friends was Charles Villeré, son of Jules Villeré, a sugar cane planter in Plaquemines Parish and a member of one of the most prominent Creole families in south Louisiana. Beauregard became smitten with Marie Laure … Continue reading
The Confederate Veteran and the Serial Killer
Most of New Orleans stands on the east bank of the Mississippi River. Today, the opposite side – a collection of suburbs – is known as the West Bank. However, for a long time it had the reputation as a … Continue reading
Posted in Reconstruction
Tagged Confederate Veteran, Joseph Mumfre, Louis Marrero, New Orleans, New Orleans Axeman, politics, Reconstruction
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Primary Sources: Another Look at Liddell’s Record
In May 2016 I wrote about my favorite Civil War primary resource, the memoirs written by Confederate general St. John Richardson Liddell, known as Liddell’s Record. Liddell was on the staff of Albert Sidney Johnston and led troops at Perryville, Stones … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership--Confederate, Primary Sources
Tagged John Liddell, memoir, Primary Sources, primary-sources-19, St. John Liddell
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Robert E. Lee: Brave Leader
In the 1980’s and 1990’s I was periodically given a catalog for Troll Associates, which published children’s books. Among them were various history books. In the library I had already checked books from the World at War series, the first … Continue reading
Railroads: “I took to it quite naturally.” Beauregard as Railroad Executive
In 1865 P.G.T. Beauregard entered upon his next act of life widowed, defeated, and without much money. Beauregard returned to New Orleans, which had escaped the destruction that laid waste other cities. It was still a premiere commercial center and … Continue reading
Thoughts on “Madame Castel’s Lodger”
New Orleans has produced a fair number of notable authors, in particular George Washington Cable, John Kennedy Toole, and Anne Rice. However, it is more famous as the inspiration for writers of the first rank: Thomas “Tennessee” Williams III, William … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War in Pop Culture, Memory
Tagged Beauregard, fiction, Francis Parkinson Keyes, Lost Cause, Madame Castel's Lodger, Memory, New Orleans
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On Watching Gone with the Wind in 2018
Patricia Dawn Chick (born Acker) was my mother. Her favorite movie was Gone with the Wind. It might seem odd since she was from Indiana, but her roots went back to the Dossett family of Kentucky. They were ripped apart … Continue reading
