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Forts Jackson and St. Philip, the occupation of New Orleans,
reconnaissance expeditions and skirmishes west of New
Orleans, the Port Hudson Campaign, and the Red River campaigns
of 1863 and 1864. Also describes camp life, training,
marches, discipline, military supply, entertainment, guerrilla
warfare, foraging expeditions, depredations, the attitude and
treatment of noncombatants, resistance to conscription in the
North, disease, hospital care, black life, the recruitment and
performance of black soldiers, Confederate deserters, prisoners
of war, and the generalship of Nathaniel P. Banks, Benjamin
F. Butler, Edward R. S. Canby, Philip H. Sheridan, and Godfrey
Weitzel.
Finding aid available.
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Moran, Benjamin (1820-1886) U.S. Diplomat, London
Diary, 1851-75. 44 v.
Describes conversations or chance meetings with American
secessionists in England, instructions from the U.S.
Government, the arrival of Confederate warships and privateers
(some with prizes), British reaction to the war and to
Confederate privateering in European waters, the activities of
Confederate emissaries, problems over the Federal blockade,
and numerous related matters.
643
Letter, 1864. 1 item.
Letter from Moran to Comdr. George H. Preble, Jan. 4,
1864, concerning the possible closure of British ports to both
Union and Confederate vessels, the changing attitude of "John
Bull" toward the U.S. Government, and the presence of the
C.S.S. Florida, C.S.S. Rappahannock, and C.S.S. Georgia
(ex-Japan) in France.
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Moran, Frank E. (d. 1892)
Collection, undated. 1 item.
Account of the role of Col. Ulric Dahlgren in the abortive
Kilpatrick-Dahlgren raid on Richmond, Va., Feb. 28-Mar. 4,
1864. Taken in part from the statement of Lt. [Reuben?] Bartly,
Colonel Dahlgren's signal officer, and in part from the memoir
of Adm. John A. Dahlgren.
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Mordecai, Alfred (1804-1887) Maj., USA
Papers, 1790-1948. ca. 3,700 items.
Contains several letters from Mordecai to his family and
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