Box 1
Container
Contains 99 Results:
Letter signed J.H. Burdick, Ordnance Office, Steamer South Wester, Yazoo River, to Porter. Requests ammunition from Porter. (1 page), 1863 June 6
Item — Box: 1
Identifier: D02152
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 June 6
Letter signed Chas. R. Woods, headquarters, 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 15th Army Corps, Walnut Hills, Mississippi, to Captain R.M. Sawyer (assistant adjutant general, 15th Army Corps). Regarding the guard on the gunboat Cincinnati. (Includes note of General Sherman on verso which reads, “Respectfully referred to Admiral Porter. I was certain there was a mistake about the Guard. The shore near the Cincinnati is wooded. 4 sentinels are at the water’s edge and the rest of the Guard back out of sight.”) (2 pages), 1863 June 7
Item — Box: 1
Identifier: D02153
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 June 7
Letter signed W.T. Sherman, headquarters, 15th Army Corps, Walnut Hills, Mississippi, to Porter. Sherman deems the bearer of this letter, Robt. H. Russell of Texas, worthy of a permit to go to Bayou Sara and thence to Texas. (1 page), 1863 June 12
Item — Box: 1
Identifier: D02154
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 June 12
Note signed J.H. Burdick, Ordnance Office, Chickasaw Bayou, to Porter. Request for ammunition. (1 page), 1863 June 14
Item — Box: 1
Identifier: D02155
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 June 14
Letter signed F.J. Herron, headquarters, Army of the Frontier, left of investing forces, to Porter. Regarding ammunition stores. (1 page), 1863 June 18
Item — Box: 1
Identifier: D02156
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 June 18
Letter signed H.T. Reid, headquarters, Post of Providence, Louisiana, to Brigadier General Elias S. Dennis. Regarding the movements of Confederate forces in Arkansas. Includes note of U.S. Grant dated June 24 on verso forwarding the letter to Admiral Porter. (3 pages), 1863 June 22
Item — Box: 1
Identifier: D02157
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 June 22
Letter signed Chas. R. Woods, headquarters, 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 15th Army Corps, Walnut Hills, Mississippi, to Porter. Regarding the progress of his effort to remove guns from the gunboat Cincinnati. (2 pages), 1863 June 26
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 June 26
Letter signed John C. Miller, headquarters, 2nd Division, 15th Army Corps, to Major J.H. Hammond. Mentions reports of enemy movements. Includes note of General Sherman. (2 pages), 1863 June 30
Item — Box: 1
Identifier: D02158
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 June 30
Letter signed U.S. Grant to Porter. “The company you speak of being captured at Brook Haven is the one I expected to reach Pensacola....” (1 page), 1863 July 6
Item — Box: 1
Identifier: D02159
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 July 6
Note signed Jno. S. Rawlins, headquarters, Department of the Tennessee, Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Porter. “The General is out; have sent your dispatches to him, and have no doubt he will carry out your suggestion as to the movement of Gen. Herron.” (1 page), 1863 July 11
Item — Box: 1
Identifier: D02160
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 July 11