Box 1
Container
Contains 99 Results:
Letter signed U.S. Grant, headquarters, Dept. of the Tennessee, before Vicksburg, to Porter. “I see by the Vicksburg papers an advertisement calling upon planters to bring in all their small boats to be sold to the Govt. May this not be intended to make a raid upon our transports and burn at least a part of them?....” (2 pages), 1863 Apr 4
Item — Box: 1
Identifier: D02132
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 Apr 4
Letter signed Wm. C. Stiles, Philadelphia, to U.S. Grant. Offers his plan for protecting the Union’s iron clad boats in the Mississippi River. Note of U.S. Grant dated April 16 on verso reads, “Referred to Admiral Porter.” (2 pages), 1863 Apr 4
Item — Box: 1
Identifier: D02133
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 Apr 4
Letter signed Charles H. Abbott, headquarters, 30th Iowa Infantry, 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 15th Army Corps, Briggs Plantation, to Porter. Mentions the damage done to the government transport Forest Queen. (1 page), 1863 Apr 17
Item — Box: 1
Identifier: D02134
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 Apr 17
Letter signed Thomas S. Mather (colonel & chief of staff of General McClernand), headquarters, 9th Division, to Porter. “Several of the officers of General Osterhaus’ command report that they have just seen a number of men on the opposite side of the river who have shown a white flag...” (1 page), 1863 Apr 20
Item — Box: 1
Identifier: D02135
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 Apr 20
Letter signed John A. McClernand, Perkins’ Plantation, Louisiana, to Porter. “Several persons on the boat upon which I have just came say that they saw a long train back from the east bank of the Miss., moving in the direction of Grand Gulf. Could you cause a reconnaissance to be...made down the river for the purpose of making further discoveries?” (1 page), 1863 Apr 25
Item — Box: 1
Identifier: D02136
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 Apr 25
Letter signed John A. McClernand, headquarters, 13th Army Corps, Perkins’ Plantation, Louisiana, to Porter. “Having kindly said that the ‘Price’ might be used to transport troops to Grand Gulf, I propose to make her the flag ship of my fleet of transports, if she is capable of carrying a few horses....” (1 page), 1863 Apr 26
Item — Box: 1
Identifier: D02137
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 Apr 26
Letter signed John A. McClernand, headquarters, 13th Army Corps, Perkins’ Plantation, Louisiana, to Porter. Requests repairs for the steamer Empire City. (1 page), 1863 Apr 26
Item — Box: 1
Identifier: D02138
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 Apr 26
Letter of U.S. Grant, Smith’s Plantation, Louisiana, to General W.T. Sherman. Suggests that Sherman make a reconnaissance of Haines’ Bluff. Contemporary copy. (2 pages), 1863 Apr 27
Item — Box: 1
Identifier: D02139
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 Apr 27
Letter signed John A. McClernand, headquarters, 13th Army Corps, to Porter. Requests repairs for the steamer Horizon. (1 page), 1863 Apr 27
Item — Box: 1
Identifier: D02140
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 Apr 27
Note signed Simeon H. Crane, provost marshal, 13th Army Corps, to Porter. “I send you by Lieut. Butterfield fourteen prisoners. Dispose of them as per Gen. Grant’s order of May 1, 1863.” (1 page), 1863 May 2
Item — Box: 1
Identifier: D02141
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 May 2