Box 2
Container
Contains 40 Results:
Letter signed E.K. Owen, U.S.S. Marmora, off Yazoo City, to Porter. Discusses taking formal possession of Yazoo City, and depredations committed by Acting Ensign Daniel Jones and Acting Master’s Mate H.M. Scott. (4 pages), 1864 Feb 10
Item — Box: 2
Identifier: D02199
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:
1864 Feb 10
Letter signed Geo. P. Lord, U.S.S. Covington, to Porter. Contains report of a refugee, Captain Delancy, regarding Confederate ironclads. (3 pages), 1864 Feb 20
Item — Box: 2
Identifier: D02200
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:
1864 Feb 20
Letter signed N.P. Banks, headquarters, Department of the Gulf, New Orleans, to Porter. Regarding plans for Red River Campaign. (2 pages), 1864 Feb 20
Item — Box: 2
Identifier: D02201
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:
1864 Feb 20
Letter signed Alfred W. Ellet, headquarters, Mississippi Marine Brigade, flag ship Autocrat, Grand Gulf, Mississippi, to Porter. Request investigation of Acting Volunteer Lieutenant Hoel, who stopped the steamer Welcome, which was carrying troops under Ellet’s orders. (2 pages), 1864 Feb 24
Item — Box: 2
Identifier: D02167
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:
1864 Feb 24
Letter signed J.S. Watson, U.S.S. Juliet, off Ellis’ Cliffs, to Lieut. Commander F.M. Ramsay. Reports on recent action of the Cricket, which inadvertently fired on a scouting party near the head of Glascock’s Island. (2 pages), 1864 Feb 29
Item — Box: 2
Identifier: D02168
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:
1864 Feb 29
Letter signed Robert Townsend, U.S. Ironclad Steamer Essex, off Donaldsonville, Louisiana, to Commodore James S. Palmer. Mentions the sinking of the steam scow Hope in a collision with the St. Clair. (2 pages), 1864 Mar 1
Item — Box: 2
Identifier: D02202
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:
1864 Mar 1
Note signed John G. Mitchell, U.S.S. Carondelet, Gaines Landing, to Porter. Requests copy of the Regulations of the Treasury of March 31, 1863. (1 page), 1864 Mar 2
Item — Box: 2
Identifier: D02169
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:
1864 Mar 2
Letter signed Geo. P. Lord, U.S.S. Covington, White River, to Porter. Mentions Pilot McKay. (1 page), 1864 Mar 3
Item — Box: 2
Identifier: D02170
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:
1864 Mar 3
Letter signed J. Palmer, U.S.S. Pensacola, off New Orleans, Louisiana, to Porter. (2 pages), 1864 Mar 7
Item — Box: 2
Identifier: D02171
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:
1864 Mar 7
Letter signed J. Palmer, U.S.S. Pensacola, off New Orleans, Louisiana, to Porter. The owner of the steamer Hope, which was sunk by the St. Clair, is coming to present his case. (1 page), 1864 Mar 7
Item — Box: 2
Identifier: D02172
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:
1864 Mar 7