RELIC books: When the Devil Came Down to Dixie

Another book included in our upcoming RELIC program is Chester Hearn's When the Devil Came Down to Dixie. Hearn's biography of Major General Benjamin Butler describes the Union capture of New Orleans. Learn about the significance of the fall of the Crescent City during our discussion of the war in Louisiana.

RELIC books: Brokenburn

One of the books we will be reading during our upcoming RELIC program is Brokenburn: The Journal of Kate Stone, 1861-1868.
The session will look at Louisianans on the home front and how they adjusted to the war's almost insurmountable challenges.