re: Louisiana Tigers of the Civil War

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where drinking, fighting and thievery were seen as necessary for survival.

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WOOT....only one thing....they didn't mention the Washington Artillery of NOLA....

the original Louisiana Tigers founded in 1838....

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The Washington Artillery was quite unlike almost all of the other artillery units on either side.

Not only did The Washington Artillery have history behind it, having been formed in 1838 and in continuous operation until the War; not only did The Washington Artillery have wartime experience before the War of Northern Aggression, having served two different times in the Mexican War; but The Washington Artillery went into the War Between the States with fanfare, fully equipped and its equipment fully paid for, under good auspices, privately funded, and owing not one piece of its equipment to the State of Louisiana or the Confederate States of America having obtained its equipment for them.

So popular was The Washington Artillery in New Orleans and throughout Louisiana that even Louisiana's Governor Moore, after whom Camp Moore was named, donated - funded from his own pocket - two Napoleon cannons to The Washington Artillery.

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“I was actually afraid of them, afraid I would meet them somewhere and that they would do me like they did Tom Lane of my company; knock me down and stamp me half to death.”

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You are correct, for an overall narrative of the war, Foote is the best

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So, war is hell, and the way things are going here on this planet, we are in for the mother of all wars, once we start running out of life's necessities: breathable air, potable water, safe food, flush toilets, endless supplies of fuel to get us around town and beyond, credit cards that accept American banks as reliable payers of debt incurred by signing those annoying little receipts for so many purchases we could probably have done without, more children than we can afford to raise, new gadgets that break down just as easily as last year's versions, and last, but not least, a total lack of education about how our society got to the mess we're now stuck in. If nature's wrath fails to reduce our exploding numbers, war can help. There's plenty of reason behind over-populating ourselves, but let's face it, nothing beats coitus with a sexy partner. But, when it comes to annihilating other humans, we have that down to a science. It may be ugly, messy, and even immoral, but it is effective, at least for awhile. Despite the tens of hundreds or millions lost in the past century of wars, we have not only recovered our diminished numbers, we have far surpassed them beyond all expectation. Unfortunately, we have again reached what some may call a tipping point, where our numbers are larger than our ability to continue sustaining ourselves at present rates. Time for more natural disasters and wars over diminishing supplies of life's necessities.

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