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cool!View attachment 35346 Whoop, huzzah
cool!View attachment 35346 Whoop, huzzah
Any particular immigrant your favorite?
Thank youCongrats Pat.
Civilian would be J.P. Benjamin.Pat, who was the highest ranking immigrant in the Confederate Services ?
Respectfully,
William
Yes, most were from Louisiana, where they had been living since they shipped out with the Spaniards. But some were picked up as crewmen for Union ships - think the Shenandoah picked up some Filipinos, too.
Thanks.Congratulations Pat Always enjoy reading your articles.
Are you talking about people from Manila Village?
Thank you. Let's also think of resources in other countries, like Germany, which help tell the story of Civil War Era immigrants. Post anything on immigrants in the Immigrants During the Civil War Forum.Herzlichen Glückwunsch, Pat!
I'm really looking forward to many interesting discussions and the database you have in mind.
That's one of the settlements. Think it was in the 1590's they came with the Spanish? Louisiana always fascinates me - Katrina flushed out a tribe of Spanish-speaking people who had been in the bayous for centuries, for instance.
Boy this is one I did not know about.I've read that they came to the coast of Panama in the 1590's and that they jumped ship from Spanish ships in the later 1700s and 1800s. It's Louisiana, so who knows exactly what is true?
They did fight with Lafitte at the Battle of New Orleans, I believe. Considering that they were his neighbors in Barataria Bay, that's probably true. Lafitte should probably be mounted on the horse in the French Quarter, with Jackson standing on the ground holding the reins, but that's another story.
The rangers at Jean Lafitte National Park might know more about their history in the Civil War. Manila Village was in the Bay past the Village of Lafitte.
Great photo.Manila Village was on stilts out in Barataria Bay, which is where Lafitte was located on an island, before the U.S. government confiscated his boats, before he told Andrew Jackson to move his barricades further into the swamp to make the red wool coated British tramp through swamps where no one would usually dare venture.
Hurricane Betsy wiped it out. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manila_Village
This has a photo of Manila Village in the 1800s.http://blog.nola.com/westbank/2013/07/filipino_contributions_to_lafi.html