Louisiana

Headnote

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
    How to Cite This Page: "Louisiana," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/9013.