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Suburban Swamp: The Rise And Fall Of Planned New-Town Communities In New Orleans East, J. Souther
Suburban Swamp: The Rise And Fall Of Planned New-Town Communities In New Orleans East, J. Souther
History Faculty Publications
This paper examines the emergence, development and abandonment of ‘new town’ communities in eastern New Orleans in the half century after 1957. Containing about two-thirds of the land area in the New Orleans city limits, much of it wrested from swamps using emerging drainage technologies, eastern New Orleans promised municipal leaders, planners and citizens an alternative to crowded city and sprawling suburb. This paper also considers how planners and many local citizens viewed planned communities in the eastern stretches of the city as an antidote to population exodus from New Orleans. It explores the influences, design characteristics, social planning aspirations …
The Irish In The Civil War, W Dennis Keating
The Irish In The Civil War, W Dennis Keating
Law Faculty Articles and Essays
In this article, I will discuss the role of the Irish in the Civil War focusing on some famous units, primarily on the Northern side but also some in the South. I will profile the three leading Irish-American military leaders of the war – Thomas Francis Meagher of the Irish Brigade, “Little” Phil Sheridan of the Union, and Patrick Cleburne of the Confederacy. While “Stonewall” Jackson was of Ulster Scots-Irish stock, I am not including him. Seven Union and six Confederate generals were Irish-born. And I will discuss the conflict between the Irish immigrants and the Negroes, which erupted in …
The Irish In The Civil War: Three Leading Irish-American Heroes, W Dennis Keating
The Irish In The Civil War: Three Leading Irish-American Heroes, W Dennis Keating
Law Faculty Articles and Essays
The article recounts the lives of two Irish-American military leaders of the Civil War – Thomas Francis Meagher of the Irish Brigade and “Little” Phil Sheridan. Both of these men fought for the Union.