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- GLC#
- GLC02943.02-View header record
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- 6 June 1866
- Author/Creator
- Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888
- Title
- [Statement regarding military possession of a Louisiana plantation]
- Place Written
- New Orleans, Louisiana
- Pagination
- 1 p. : docket Height: 24.7 cm, Width: 19.7 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- Reconstruction
Major General Sheridan, supervising reconstruction in Louisiana, attests that military authorities took possession of a plantation on the Mississippi River near Carrollton, Louisiana, circa 29 April 1862. Asserts that the plantation was returned to the ownership of Mrs. Lebreton Deschapelles on 1 April 1866. Contains a separate note, signed by Sheridan 8 June 1866, stating that no taxes should be collected for the period in which the plantation was held by the military. Written on Headquarters of the Military Division of the Gulf stationery. Slightly torn along several creases. Docketed in pencil.
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