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Showing posts with label Lake Ponchartrain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lake Ponchartrain. Show all posts
Saturday, May 30, 2020

Major-General Benjamin F. Butler to Edwin M. Stanton, April 29, 1862

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HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF,                    Forts Jackson and Saint Philip, April 29 , 1862 . SIR: I have the honor to rep...

Major-General Benjamin F. Butler to Edwin M. Stanton, May 8, 1862

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HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF,                    New Orleans, May 8 , 1862 . SIR: I have the honor to report my further operati...
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...
Saturday, December 8, 2018

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

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(Private and unofficial) New Orleans , Oct. 10th, 1862. Dear Sir : I have received your official letter of Sept. 22nd. enclosing le...
Friday, January 6, 2017

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant John S. Morgan: Wednesday, February 22, 1865

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The 28th Wis embark on the Belle ve Dere. Raining still. Our wagons loaded on Bell ve & detail sent arond with them, the Regt to go by ...
Friday, August 5, 2016

Diary of Sergeant George G. Smith: August 30, 1862

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Generals Butler and Dudley reviewed the brigade. After the review General Butler had the First Louisiana drawn up in close column by divisi...
Thursday, August 4, 2016

Diary of Sergeant George G. Smith: August 28, 1862

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[Arrived at Camp Williams.] It is fourteen miles above New Orleans, near Carlton. Soon after we arrived Colonel Holcomb shot a man by the n...
Friday, July 22, 2016

Diary of Sergeant George G. Smith: August 30, 1862

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Generals Butler and Dudley reviewed the brigade. After the review General Butler had the First Louisiana drawn up in close column by divisi...
Thursday, July 21, 2016

Diary of Sergeant George G. Smith: August 27, 1862 . . .

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. . . ordered to Camp Williams and arrived there the next day. It is fourteen miles above New Orleans, near Carlton. Soon after we arrived ...
Thursday, July 14, 2016

Diary of William Howard Russell: May 20, 1861

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I left Mobile in the steamer Florida for New Orleans this morning at eight o'clock. She was crowded with passengers, in uniform. In my ...
Wednesday, July 6, 2016

Diary of Sergeant George G. Smith: June 26, 1862

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Visited Lake Ponchartrain, had a bath and oyster supper. Found the water in the lake to be fresh. Decay died of wounds received at Baton Ro...