Box 1
Container
Contains 99 Results:
Letter signed W.T. Sherman, steamer Forest Queen, to Porter, Flagship Black Hawk. “....I will give specific instructions in your company to the officers who will command the cavalry force to operate against the Yazoo up about Henry Island. I fear we will not secure those boats. If in danger of losing them surely the enemy will destroy them.” (1 page), 1862 Dec 21
Item — Box: 1
Identifier: D02085
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Collection consists primarily of correspondence to Admiral Porter from several high-ranking Union officers--including Generals Nathaniel P. Banks, Ulysses S. Grant, John A. McClernand, and William T. Sherman--regarding operations in the lower Mississippi River Valley. Collection contains accounts of the Yazoo River Expedition, the Arkansas Post Expedition, the Vicksburg Campaign, the siege of Jackson, Mississippi, and the Red River Campaign. Also contains information on gunboats and the...
Dates:
1862 Dec 21
Note signed Joseph P. Couthouy, U.S.S. Chillicothe, off mouth of Red River, to Porter. Letter of transmissal regarding returns of deaths, desertions, and punishments on board his ship. (1 page), 1863 Jan 2
Item — Box: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Collection consists primarily of correspondence to Admiral Porter from several high-ranking Union officers--including Generals Nathaniel P. Banks, Ulysses S. Grant, John A. McClernand, and William T. Sherman--regarding operations in the lower Mississippi River Valley. Collection contains accounts of the Yazoo River Expedition, the Arkansas Post Expedition, the Vicksburg Campaign, the siege of Jackson, Mississippi, and the Red River Campaign. Also contains information on gunboats and the...
Dates:
1863 Jan 2
Letter signed W.T. Sherman, headquarters, Right Wing, 13th Army Corps, camp Milliken’s Bend, Louisiana, to Col. J.A. Rawlins. Contains Sherman’s report to General U.S. Grant of the Yazoo River Expedition, December 1862. Includes list of killed, wounded, and missing, by brigade, for the right wing, 13th Army Corps. (16 pages), 1863 Jan 3
Item — Box: 1
Identifier: D01820
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Collection consists primarily of correspondence to Admiral Porter from several high-ranking Union officers--including Generals Nathaniel P. Banks, Ulysses S. Grant, John A. McClernand, and William T. Sherman--regarding operations in the lower Mississippi River Valley. Collection contains accounts of the Yazoo River Expedition, the Arkansas Post Expedition, the Vicksburg Campaign, the siege of Jackson, Mississippi, and the Red River Campaign. Also contains information on gunboats and the...
Dates:
1863 Jan 3
Note signed A. Schwartz, headquarters, Army of the Mississippi, steamer Tigress, to Porter. “I have the honor to transmit...a copy of the instructions communicated to the Generals commanding the two army corps of the Army of the Mississippi.” (1 page), 1863 Jan 6
Item — Box: 1
Identifier: D01821
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Collection consists primarily of correspondence to Admiral Porter from several high-ranking Union officers--including Generals Nathaniel P. Banks, Ulysses S. Grant, John A. McClernand, and William T. Sherman--regarding operations in the lower Mississippi River Valley. Collection contains accounts of the Yazoo River Expedition, the Arkansas Post Expedition, the Vicksburg Campaign, the siege of Jackson, Mississippi, and the Red River Campaign. Also contains information on gunboats and the...
Dates:
1863 Jan 6
Note signed J.A. McClernand, headquarters, Army of the Mississippi, steamer Tigress, to Porter. “Will you please inform me when you are ready to move? I will also inform you when the transports will move.” (1 page), 1863 Jan 8
Item — Box: 1
Identifier: D01822
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Collection consists primarily of correspondence to Admiral Porter from several high-ranking Union officers--including Generals Nathaniel P. Banks, Ulysses S. Grant, John A. McClernand, and William T. Sherman--regarding operations in the lower Mississippi River Valley. Collection contains accounts of the Yazoo River Expedition, the Arkansas Post Expedition, the Vicksburg Campaign, the siege of Jackson, Mississippi, and the Red River Campaign. Also contains information on gunboats and the...
Dates:
1863 Jan 8
Letter signed John A. McClernand, headquarters, Army of the Mississippi, steamer Tigress, to Porter. “I propose to start in the morning....the gunboats might find a favorable landing for the protection of the disembarkation of the land forces at Notrib’s farm, three miles below the fort.” (2 pages), 1863 Jan 8
Item — Box: 1
Identifier: D01823
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Collection consists primarily of correspondence to Admiral Porter from several high-ranking Union officers--including Generals Nathaniel P. Banks, Ulysses S. Grant, John A. McClernand, and William T. Sherman--regarding operations in the lower Mississippi River Valley. Collection contains accounts of the Yazoo River Expedition, the Arkansas Post Expedition, the Vicksburg Campaign, the siege of Jackson, Mississippi, and the Red River Campaign. Also contains information on gunboats and the...
Dates:
1863 Jan 8
Note signed John A. McClernand, headquarters, Army of the Mississippi, Post Arkansas, to Porter. “I will advise you as soon as our boats with prisoners and wounded are ready. I will also provide for your wounded on board of my hospital boats, going up the Mississippi, if agreeable to you.” (1 page), 1863 Jan 12
Item — Box: 1
Identifier: D02086
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Collection consists primarily of correspondence to Admiral Porter from several high-ranking Union officers--including Generals Nathaniel P. Banks, Ulysses S. Grant, John A. McClernand, and William T. Sherman--regarding operations in the lower Mississippi River Valley. Collection contains accounts of the Yazoo River Expedition, the Arkansas Post Expedition, the Vicksburg Campaign, the siege of Jackson, Mississippi, and the Red River Campaign. Also contains information on gunboats and the...
Dates:
1863 Jan 12
Letter signed W.A. Gorman, headquarters, Dist. East Arkansas, on board steamboat Kenton, mouth of White River, to Porter. Preparing for movement up White River. (1 page), 1863 Jan 12
Item — Box: 1
Identifier: D02087
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Collection consists primarily of correspondence to Admiral Porter from several high-ranking Union officers--including Generals Nathaniel P. Banks, Ulysses S. Grant, John A. McClernand, and William T. Sherman--regarding operations in the lower Mississippi River Valley. Collection contains accounts of the Yazoo River Expedition, the Arkansas Post Expedition, the Vicksburg Campaign, the siege of Jackson, Mississippi, and the Red River Campaign. Also contains information on gunboats and the...
Dates:
1863 Jan 12
Letter signed John A. McClernand, headquarters, Army of the Mississippi, Post Arkansas, to Porter. “...the transports bearing prisoners and sick and wounded will be ready for the convoy...” (1 page), 1863 Jan 13
Item — Box: 1
Identifier: D02088
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Collection consists primarily of correspondence to Admiral Porter from several high-ranking Union officers--including Generals Nathaniel P. Banks, Ulysses S. Grant, John A. McClernand, and William T. Sherman--regarding operations in the lower Mississippi River Valley. Collection contains accounts of the Yazoo River Expedition, the Arkansas Post Expedition, the Vicksburg Campaign, the siege of Jackson, Mississippi, and the Red River Campaign. Also contains information on gunboats and the...
Dates:
1863 Jan 13
Letter signed W.T. Sherman, headquarters, 15th Army Corps, Post of Arkansas, to A. Schwartz, assistant adjutant general to Major General John A. McClernand. Contains Sherman’s report on the attack on Arkansas Post. Includes postscript dated January 15. (13 pages), 1863 Jan 13
Item — Box: 1
Identifier: D02089
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Collection consists primarily of correspondence to Admiral Porter from several high-ranking Union officers--including Generals Nathaniel P. Banks, Ulysses S. Grant, John A. McClernand, and William T. Sherman--regarding operations in the lower Mississippi River Valley. Collection contains accounts of the Yazoo River Expedition, the Arkansas Post Expedition, the Vicksburg Campaign, the siege of Jackson, Mississippi, and the Red River Campaign. Also contains information on gunboats and the...
Dates:
1863 Jan 13