Saturday, October 16, 2010

On the 6th of February, 1861 . . .

. . . New Orleans was illuminated in honor of the secession of Louisiana.  On the 25th of April, 1862, it was illuminated by the light of burning gun boats, steamers and cotton of the rebels.

– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, May 17, 1862, p. 1

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