The history of Louisiana is replete with many prominent personalities who were instrumental in guiding the social and political direction of the state through the portentous decades of the nineteenth century.
Though some attention has been given to Duncan Farrar Kenner\'s Civil War exploit of undertaking a hazardous diploma.
This book undertakes an examination of a major contributor to events in Louisiana and in the South during the last century who has been largely overlooked by historians.
The history of Louisiana is replete with many prominent personalities who were instrumental in guiding the social and political direction of the state through the portentous decades of the nineteenth century