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Showing posts with label Department of the Gulf. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Department of the Gulf. Show all posts
Friday, February 14, 2020

George S. Denison to Salmon P. Chase, February 26, 1863

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(Private) New Orleans , February 26th, 1863. Dear Sir : The military movements lately in contemplation, have, I think, been given up....
Tuesday, January 14, 2020

Major-General Nathaniel P. Banks’ General Order No. 12, January 29, 1863

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GENERAL ORDERS,No. 12. } HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF,              New Orleans, January 29 , 1863 . The proclamation of the Presid...
Wednesday, February 6, 2019

George S. Denison to Salmon P. Chase, December 17, 1862

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(Private) New Orleans , December 17th. Dear Sir : Gen. Banks and staff arrived here on the evening of Sunday the 14th, and he assumed...
Tuesday, January 29, 2019

George S. Denison to Salmon P. Chase, December 10, 1862

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(Unofficial) New Orleans , December 10th, 1862. Dear Sir : I send this letter by Mr. Flanders who leaves to-day for Washington, and s...
Tuesday, October 3, 2017

Major-General Benjamin F. Butler to Edwin M. Stanton, May 25, 1862

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HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF, New Orleans, May 25 , 1862 . Hon. E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War: SIR : In matters pertai...

Major-General Benjamin F. Butler to Brigadier General John W. Phelps, May 9, 1862

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HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF, New Orleans, May 9 , 1862 . General PHELPS: Mr. J B. G. Armand says that a boy by name of Irwi...

Major-General Benjamin F. Butler to Brigadier General John W. Phelps, May 10, 1862

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HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF, New Orleans, May 10 , 1862 . General PHELPS: I commend to you the bearers of this note, Peter ...

Major-General Benjamin F. Butler to Brigadier General John W. Phelps, May 21, 1862

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HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF, New Orleans, May 21 , 1862 . Brigadier-General PHELPS, Commanding Camp Parapet: GENERAL: You...

Major-General Benjamin F. Butler to Brigadier General John W. Phelps, May 23, 1862

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HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF, New Orleans, May 23 , 1862 . Brigadier-General PHELPS, Commanding Camp Parapet: GENERAL: You...
Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Diary of 1st Lieutenant Lemuel A. Abbott: Tuesday, August 9, 1864

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Am making out muster and pay rolls; got a letter from J. R. Seaver and another from Aunt Nancy Merrill of Chelsea, Vt. Lieut. J. M. Read re...
Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Diary of Sergeant George G. Smith: May 25, 1863

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[In the morning] we marched three miles further round towards the enemy's right, in the rear of some woods where the 91st New York depl...
Friday, September 2, 2016

Diary of Sergeant George G. Smith: October 29, 1862

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Company E on picket duty, false alarm at night, cattle in canefield. Krause's mounted infantry rode out and ascertained the cause of th...