Civil War Period Archives

Folklife

1873 Comus Parade

Mardi Gras of 1873 provided the occasion for a bold display of political commentary and costume artistrly by the Mystick Krewe of Comus.

LeeAnna Keith

6.10 a.–b. Acadians in Colonial Louisiana

The Acadians, ancestors of present-day Cajuns, were people of French ancestry who settled in what is now Canada before migrating to Louisiana.

Shane K. Bernard

Art

Achille Perelli

Italian-born sculptor Achille Perelli was an active participant in the New Orleans arts scene from 1850 to 1891.

Ann B. Dobie, PhD

A native of Italy, Achille Peretti immigrated to the United States in 1884 following government repression of the First International, a leftist association of socialists and labor leaders to which he belonged.

Ann B. Dobie, PhD

Art

Adolph Rinck

Adolph Rinck settled in New Orleans around 1840 where he was a successful portrait and miniature painter, art teacher, and sketch artist.

Richard Anthony Lewis

History

African Americans in the Civil War

African Americans, both freed and enslaved, played critical roles in Civil War Louisiana.

Justin A. Nystrom

Architecture

Afton Villa Plantation and Gardens

Only the gardens and fragments of foundations survive from the fire that destroyed the Afton Villa plantation house in 1963.

Karen Kingsley

Art

Alexandre Alaux

Alexandre Alaux, born in France in 1851, came to Louisiana at the age of six. After studying in Europe, Alaux returned to Louisiana, where he painted with his children until his death in 1932.

Richard Anthony Lewis

Government, Politics & Law

Alexandre Mouton

Alexandre Mouton, the first Democratic governor of Louisiana, served from 1843 to 1846.

Joseph G. Tregle Jr.

Architecture

Alice Plantation

In 1961, the upper floor of this house was floated by barge along Bayou Teche from its original location in St. Mary Parish, which was being developed as a subdivision.

Karen Kingsley