Gideon Welles manuscript, circa 1878.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Gideon Welles manuscript, circa 1878.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/179874806

Manuscript of an article by Gideon Welles, apparently intended for publication. In the article Welles strenuously disagrees with Wickham Hoffman, who had argued that General Benjamin Butler had a prominent role in the planning and execution of the capture of New Orleans by federal troops in 1862. Contending that Butler's role in the capture was in fact a small one, Welles recounts the history of the episode and describes the players involved, including General George McClellan, whom Welles portrays as suspicious of the impulsive Butler and uneasy about entrusting him with responsibility for governing New Orleans after its capture. Welles asserts that General David Farragut was responsible for New Orleans' capture and that Butler had no command over the troops involved in the initial assault.

1 manuscript.

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6935307

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

Related Entities

There are 5 Entities related to this resource.

Farragut, David Glasgow, 1801-1870

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bs9hpf (person)

David Glasgow Farragut (also spelled Glascoe; July 5, 1801 – August 14, 1870) was a flag officer of the United States Navy during the American Civil War. He was the first rear admiral, vice admiral, and admiral in the United States Navy. He is remembered for his order at the Battle of Mobile Bay usually paraphrased as "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead" in U.S. Navy tradition. Born near Knoxville, Tennessee, Farragut was fostered by naval officer David Porter after the death of his mother...

McClellan, George B. (George Brinton), 1826-1885

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fs0m24 (person)

George Brinton McClellan (December 3, 1826 – October 29, 1885) was an American soldier, civil engineer, railroad executive, and politician who served as the 24th Governor of New Jersey. A graduate of West Point, McClellan served with distinction during the Mexican–American War (1846–1848), and later left the Army to work on railroads until the outbreak of the American Civil War (1861–1865). Early in the conflict, McClellan was appointed to the rank of major general and played an important role i...

Hoffman, Wickham, 1821-1900

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jh4510 (person)

Epithet: Colonel; of the US British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000626.0x000351 Army officer and diplomat with the U.S. legation at Paris. From the description of Manuscripts, [187-?]. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58757662 ...

Butler, Benjamin Franklin, 1818-1893

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pz5cdh (person)

Benjamin Franklin Butler was born in Deerfield, New Hampshire, the sixth and youngest child of John Butler and Charlotte Ellison Butler. His father served under General Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812 and later became a privateer, dying of yellow fever in the West Indies not long after Benjamin was born. He was named after Founding Father Benjamin Franklin. His elder brother, Andrew Jackson Butler (1815–1864), would serve as a colonel in the Union Army during t...

Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vx0gb5 (person)

A native of Glastonbury, Conn., Gideon Welles began his career as a lawyer but took up journalism as a profession, founding the Hartford Times, which he also edited, in 1826. Active in the Democratic Party in Connecticut, he served in the Connecticut state legislature and in several state offices. He later shifted his allegiance to the Republican Party due to his strong anti-slavery views and founded the Hartford Evening Press, a zealously Republican newspaper. President Abraham Lincoln appointe...