Box 1
Container
Contains 99 Results:
Letter signed S.A. Hurlbut, headquarters, 16th Army Corps, Memphis, Tennessee, to commanding officer, Navy Department at Cairo, Illinois. Letter of transmissal of report of General F. Steele, commanding expedition in Arkansas. (1 page), 1863 Aug 20
Item — Box: 1
Identifier: D02092
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 Aug 20
Letter signed Thos. O. Selfridge, U.S.S. Conestoga, Vicksburg, to Porter. Contains accounts of the movement of boats in the vicinity of Vicksburg. (2 pages), 1863 Aug 22
Item — Box: 1
Identifier: D02093
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 Aug 22
Letter signed Joshua Bishop, U.S.S. General Bragg, off Helena, to Porter. Regarding Acting 2nd Assistant Engineer W.U. Jackson’s intention not to accept his appointment. (2 pages), 1863 Aug 23
Item — Box: 1
Identifier: D02094
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 Aug 23
Letter signed Geo. M. Bache, U.S.S. Linden, White River, to Porter. Mentions several boats and officers. (3 pages), 1863 Aug 27
Item — Box: 1
Identifier: D02095
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 Aug 27
Letter signed N.P. Banks, headquarters, Department of the Gulf, 19th Army Corps, New Orleans, to Porter. Requests “assistance of some of your gunboats to keep up uninterrupted communication on the Mississippi River....There is great need of patrolling boats along the river, from the mouth of the Red River to College Point...” (2 pages), 1863 Aug 28
Item — Box: 1
Identifier: D02096
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 Aug 28
Letter signed John McLeod Murphy, U.S.S. Carondelet, off Hurricane Plantation, Mississippi River, to Porter. Mentions appointment of commissioners to receive testimony relating to depredations committed by Ellet’s Marine Brigade last July; and efforts to protect the Indianola. (1 page), 1863 Aug 29
Item — Box: 1
Identifier: D02097
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 Aug 29
Letter signed Jas. Laning (Act. Vol. Lieut. U.S.N., Supt. of Construction), Cairo, Illinois, to Porter. Regarding claims relating to the construction of the Lafayette and Choctaw. (1 page), 1863 Aug 31
Item — Box: 1
Identifier: D02098
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 Aug 31
Letter signed W. Brenton Boggs, Office of Purchasing Paymaster, Mississippi Squadron, Cairo, to Porter. Request permission to employ a temporary writer. (1 page), 1863 Aug 31
Item — Box: 1
Identifier: D02099
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 Aug 31
Letter signed LeRoy Fitch, U.S. Steamer Moose, Cincinnati, Ohio, to Porter. Regarding medical surveys. (2 pages), 1863 Sept 1
Item — Box: 1
Identifier: D02100
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 Sept 1
Letter signed Frank M. Ramsay, U.S.S. Choctaw, off mouth of Red River, to Porter. Mentions movements of federal gunboats against rebel forces near Morganza. (2 pages), 1863 Sept 4
Item — Box: 1
Identifier: D02101
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 Sept 4