“Union Gen. Nathaniel Banks Army of the Gulf continues encricling Port Hudson, LA in preparation for an assault.”
....in preparation for the looting, rape and burning of Louisiana....see:
“War Crimes against Southern Civilians” by Walter Brian Cisco
http://www.amazon.com/War-Crimes-Against-Southern-Civilians/dp/158980466X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1211554209&sr=1-1
....if your local public library doesn’t have a copy they can get it thru inter-library loan for you.
Pathetic neo-Klan propaganda written in the tones of postmodern "postcolonialist" drivel worthy of Edward Said and Noam Chomsky.