Louisiana also contributed four key generals to the Confederate army -- Braxton Bragg , Leonidas Polk , Richard Taylor , and P.G.T.
John Slidell spent most of the war trying to persuade European nations to support the Confederacy .
Louisiana also contributed four key generals to the Confederacy army -- Braxton Bragg , Leonidas Polk , Richard Taylor , and P.G.T.
John Slidell spent most of the war trying to persuade European nations to support the Confederacy .