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03955aam a2200445 i 4500 001 9A502E0272D811EDA0B05B7C49ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20221203010154 008 160108s2016 lauab b 001 0deng 010 $a 2015035403 020 $a 0807162248 (cloth : alkaline paper) 020 $a 9780807162248 (cloth : alkaline paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)934705533 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d OCLCO $d YUS $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-usu-- $a n-us--- $a n-usu-- 050 00 $a F379.B33 $b R44 2016 082 00 $a 973.7/82 $2 23 245 10 $a Two Civil Wars : $b The Curious Shared Journal of a Baton Rouge Schoolgirl and a Union Sailor on the USS Essex / $c edited and annotated by Katherine Bentley Jeffrey. 264 1 $a Baton Rouge : $b Louisiana State University Press, $c [2016] 300 $a xx, 274 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 24 cm 520 2 $a . She also unravels the mystery of how a southern youngster's school scribbler found its way into the hands of a Union sailor. In so doing, she provides a richly detailed picture of occupied Baton Rouge and especially of events surrounding the Battle of Baton Rouge in August 1862. These two unusual personal journals, linked by curious happenstance in a single notebook, open up intriguing, provocative, and surprisingly complementary new vistas on antebellum Baton Rouge and the Civil War on the Mississippi"--From publisher's website. $a . She also unravels the mystery of how a southern youngster's school scribbler found its way into the hands of a Union sailor. In so doing, she provides a richly detailed picture of occupied Baton Rouge and especially of events surrounding the Battle of Baton Rouge in August 1862. These two unusual personal journals, linked by curious happenstance in a single notebook, open up intriguing, provocative, and surprisingly complementary new vistas on antebellum Baton Rouge and the Civil War on the Mississippi"--From publisher's website. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-261) and index. 505 0 $a I. Introduction -- The schoolgirl : M'lle Celeste Repp, L'Academie St. Marie, Baton Rouge, Louisiana -- The sailor : William Little Park, quarter gunner, USS Essex -- How did Celeste's notebook find its way into William Park's hands? -- Character of the writing and editorial principles -- II. The Celeste Repp journal (1859-1861) -- Commentary -- The text -- III. The William Park journal (1861-1864) -- Commentary -- Timeline -- IV. Abstract journal kept by William L. Park : 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864 -- V. Afterword: The wake of war -- William Little Park -- Matilda Victor -- Fr. Darius Hubert, S.J. -- Celeste Repp (Sister Mary Euphrasia) -- Appendix 1: William Porter's farewell speech to the crew of USS Essex -- Appendix 2: Additional naval records and correspondence copied into the Park journal -- Appendix 3: William Park's "Abstract journal" compared with his later, amplified memoir. 600 10 $a Repp, Celeste, $d 1846-1914 $v Diaries. 600 10 $a Park, William Little, $d 1836-1909 $v Diaries. 650 0 $a Schoolgirls $z Baton Rouge $z Baton Rouge $v Diaries. 650 0 $a Sailors $z United States $v Diaries. 610 20 $a Essex (Ironclad steamer) 651 0 $a United States $x History $y Civil War, 1861-1865 $v Personal narratives, Confederate. 651 0 $a United States $x History $y Civil War, 1861-1865 $v Personal narratives. 651 0 $a Baton Rouge (La.) $v Biography. 651 0 $a Mississippi River Valley $x Riverine operations. $y Civil War, 1861-1865 $x Riverine operations. 651 0 $a United States $x Riverine operations. $y Civil War, 1861-1865 $x Riverine operations. 700 1 $a Repp, Celeste, $d 1846-1914, $e author. 700 1 $a Park, William Little, $d 1836-1909, $e author. 700 1 $a Jeffrey, Katherine Bentley, $e editor. 941 $a 1 952 $l PQAX094 $d 20231214034642.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=9A502E0272D811EDA0B05B7C49ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search