[General orders from department of the Gulf]

Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893 [General orders from department of the Gulf]

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GLC#
GLC06086
Type
Books & pamphlets
Date
1862
Author/Creator
Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893
Title
[General orders from department of the Gulf]
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
216 p. : Height: 20 cm, Width: 14.3 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

One hundred and twenty General orders issued by the commanding officers of the Department of the Gulf, first Butler then Banks, regarding New Orleans. The first fourteen orders range from 20 March 1862 up until the capture of New Orleans and were issued from Ship Island, Mississippi. The remaining orders relate to the Union occupation of New Orleans, going up until the end of 1862. The last order is numbered 121, and order number 112 is not present, though no pages appear to have been removed. Orders were printed separately and bound together. Belonged to Colonel Curtis W. Killborn of the 1st New Orleans Volunteers, which was organized in March 1864 for garrison and guard in the defenses of New Orleans. Although there is variation in paper and typography, the orders may have been printed after 1862.

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