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U.S. Army Department of the Gulf. Military Operations in Texas Collection, 1862-1864

Title: Military Operations in Texas Collection, 1862-1864

The Military Operations in Texas Collection, 1862-1864, consists of official copies of correspondence concerning Union military operations along the Texas Gulf coast and the Texas-Mexico border.

ArchivalResource: 4 in.

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Herron, Francis Jay, 1837-1902. Francis Jay Herron papers, 1861-1877 (bulk 1862-1865).

Title: Francis Jay Herron papers, 1861-1877 (bulk 1862-1865).

Correspondence, 1861-1877 (bulk 1862-1865), relating to Herron's activities while commanding the 3rd Division of the Army of the Frontier at the Battle of Prairie Grove (Ark.), while commanding the left wing of the investing forces at Vicksburg, while in command of the Yazoo Expedition, while commanding U.S. Forces on the Rio Grande, investigating corruption in the Department of Arkansas, and while commanding the Northern Division of Louisiana. Included are 55 letters from Governor Juan N. Cortina, of Matamoros, Tamaulipas Province, Mexico, relating to army desertions, boundary violations, requests for assistance, arrests of Mexican citizens, etc.; correspondence with Captain E. Von Donop and other Royal Navy officers about violations of British rights in the Gulf of Mexico; and correspondence with Mexican President Benito Juarez, U.S. Consul Leonard Pierce, Major Genral Samuel R. Curtis, Brigadier General John M. Schofield, Major General Nathaniel P. Banks, Major Christian T. Christensen, Brigadier General Charles P. Stone, Lieutenant General S.B. Buckner, and Assistant Special Agent of the Treasury Department G.W. Brackenridge, as well as numerous letters and telegrams from other officers and civilians.

ArchivalResource: 1.2 linear feet (3 boxes)

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