Louisiana

Climate. — There are large tracts in this state, which, at certain seasons, are decidedly unfavorable to human health. During the summer and autumn, the low and marshy localities are frequently visited by yellow fever, cholera, and other destructive maladies. Other parts of the state, however, enjoy a salubrious climate. The winters in general are said to be less mild than those on the Atlantic coast in the same parallel of latitude. (Gazetteer of the United States of America, 1854)

Place Unit Type
State or Province
Containing Unit
Name Type
Ascension Parish, LA County
Assumption Parish, LA County
Atchafalaya River, LA Rivers/Waterways
Avoyelles Parish, LA County
Bayou Lafourche, LA Rivers/Waterways
Bayou Teche, LA Rivers/Waterways
Bienville Parish, LA County
Bossier Parish, LA County
Caddo Parish, LA County
Calcasieu Parish, LA County
Caldwell Parish, LA County
Carroll Parish, LA County
Catahoula Parish, LA County
Chandeleur Islands, LA Location or Site
Claiborne Parish, LA County
Concordia Parish, LA County
De Soto Parish, LA County
East Baton Rouge Parish, LA County
East Feliciana Parish, LA County
Franklin Parish, LA County
Iberia Parish, LA County
Iberville Parish, LA County
Jackson Parish, LA County
Jefferson Parish, LA County
Lafayette Parish, LA County
Lafourche Parish, LA County
Livingston Parish, LA County
Madison Parish, LA County
Morehouse Parish, LA County
Natchitoches Parish, LA County
Orleans Parish, LA County
Plaquemines Parish, LA County
Point Coupée Parish, LA County
Rapides Parish, LA County
Red River Parish, LA County
Richland Parish, LA County
Sabine Parish, LA County
St. Bernard Parish, LA County
St. Charles Parish, LA County
St. Helena Parish, LA County
St. James Parish, LA County
St. John the Baptist Parish, LA County
St. Landry Parish, LA County
St. Martin Parish, LA County
St. Mary's Parish, LA County
St. Tammany Parish, LA County
Tensas Parish, LA County
Terre Bonne Parish, LA County
Union Parish, LA County
Vermillion Parish, LA County
Washington Parish, LA County
Washita Parish, LA County
West Baton Rouge Parish, LA County
West Feliciana Parish, LA County
Winn Parish, LA County
Date Title
New York Times, “A New Kink in the Southern Mind,” May 7, 1857
New York Times, "The Tribune on Manifest Destiny," July 10, 1858
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “Mr. Douglas’ Chattels,” December 3, 1858
Boston (MA) Flag of Our Union, “Uncle Sam’s Farm,” December 11, 1858
Memphis (TN) Appeal, “From New Orleans,” January 30, 1859
New York Times, “Extension of the Southern Revolt Against the Cuban Scheme,” February 8, 1859
New York Times, “Terrible Steamboat Disaster,” March 1, 1859
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “New Danger To Douglas,” September 29, 1859
William T. Sherman to Ellen Sherman, February 10, 1860
Fayetteville (NC) Observer, “Terrible Tornado in Illinois and Mississippi,” April 30, 1860
Atchison (KS) Freedom’s Champion, “The Charleston Convention,” May 12, 1860
William T. Sherman to Ellen Sherman, November 23, 1860
William T. Sherman to Ellen Sherman, November 29, 1860
John Sherman to William Tecumseh Sherman, December 9, 1860
New York Herald, “The Blockade of the Mississippi River,” January 27, 1861
Cleveland (OH) Herald, “The Yoke of Oppression,” February 1, 1861
Richmond (VA) Dispatch, “Regular Officers in the South,” February 22, 1861
Fayetteville (NC) Observer, “Abolitionists and Secessionists,” March 14, 1861
Abraham Lincoln, Proclamation of a Blockade of the South, April 19, 1861
Cleveland (OH) Herald, “Union Feeling in North Carolina,” August 27, 1861
Major-General Mansfield Lovell, General Order 17, May 3, 1862
Cleveland (OH) Herald, “The Coming Siege of Vicksburg,” February 3, 1863
New York Times, “Gen. Banks,” July 17, 1863
Abraham Lincoln to Nathaniel Prentice Banks, August 5, 1863
Abraham Lincoln to Salmon Portland Chase, September 2, 1863
George F. Shepley to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, December 09, 1862
Abraham Lincoln to Michael Hahn, March 13, 1864
Abraham Lincoln, Last Speech in Public, April 11, 1865
"The President on Reconstruction," Chicago Tribune, April 14, 1865
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