Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin) (1818-1893) [General orders from department of the Gulf]
High-resolution images are available to schools and libraries via subscription to American History, 1493-1943. Check to see if your school or library already has a subscription. Or click here for more information. You may also order a pdf of the image from us here.
Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06086 Author/Creator: Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin) (1818-1893) Place Written: s.l. Type: Book Date: 1862 Pagination: 216 p. ; 20 x 14.3 cm. Order a Copy
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.
Citation Guidelines for Online Resources
The copyright law of the United States (title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specific conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be “used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research.” If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of “fair use,” that user may be liable for copyright infringement. This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law.