Papers, 1864-1865.

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Papers, 1864-1865.

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Transcript of a court inquiry concerning a magazine explosion in Mobile, Alabama, orders, inspection reports, and lists of regiments and staff of the Department of the Gulf.

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Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6928978

Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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United States. Army. Department of the Gulf (1862-1865)

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During the Civil War, the U.S. Army created the Department of the Gulf and the Army of the Gulf following the capture of New Orleans, Louisiana, by Admiral David G. Farragut in 1862. Major General Benjamin F. Butler took command of the Union occupation forces as well as the Department of the Gulf. The soldiers in the new department were then designated as the Army of the Gulf. Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks succeeded Butler on December 17, 1862. Under Banks, the army fought its first ...

Jenkins, James Scott, b. 1842.

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Soldier in the Iowa Infantry during the Civil War. He served as company clerk for the Department of the Gulf. In 1885 he was on the staff of the Governor of Iowa. From the description of Papers, 1864-1865. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 17463300 ...