Louisiana
[lu:,i:zi'ænə]
Definition
(noun.) a state in southern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War.
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Examples
- If both had owned plantations in Louisiana, they would have been as like as two old bullets cast in the same mould. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- He used to tell me that I was the most beautiful woman in Louisiana, he was so proud of me and the children. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Had the attempt been made the garrison of Vicksburg would have been drowned, or made prisoners on the Louisiana side. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Banks had been defeated in Louisiana, relieved, and Canby put in his place. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- In the United States the largest deposits of salt are found in the states of Michigan, New York, Ohio, Utah, Louisiana, Kansas, Texas and California. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The mother of Augustine was a Huguenot French lady, whose family had emigrated to Louisiana during the days of its early settlement. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Augustine St. Clare was the son of a wealthy planter of Louisiana. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Smith had been sent to Banks in Louisiana some months before. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- In the Peace of Paris (1763) the French gave England Canada, and relinquished Louisiana to the inert hands of declining Spain. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- A railroad also starts from the opposite side of the river, extending west as far as Shreveport, Louisiana. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Kansas and Kentucky are Indian, too, Kansas meaning smoky water and Kentucky at the head of the river, or the dark and bloody ground; and Louisiana is named after Louis XIV of France. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- A few points in Louisiana not remote from the river were held by the Federal troops, as was also the mouth of the Rio Grande. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- This work was continued until the waters of the river began to recede and the road to Richmond, Louisiana, emerged from the water. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The embarkation below Grand Gulf took place at De Shroon's, Louisiana, six miles above Bruinsburg, Mississippi. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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