New Orleans, Opelousas, and Great Western Railroad Company account books, 1863-1865.

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New Orleans, Opelousas, and Great Western Railroad Company account books, 1863-1865.

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Account books and letter book kept by Capt. E. A. Morse for the New Orleans, Jackson, and Great Northern Railroad Company and the New Orleans, Opelousas, and Great Western Railroad Company while they were operated under the control of the United States Army at the latter part of the Civil War. Letter book contains copies of orders, circulars, and published notices issued by Morse and C. W. Greene, Assistant Superintendent, to conductors, station agents and mechanics of the Opelousas railroad. Additionally, there is a photograph of a Lafourche locomotive (filed in Picture Collection, E:67).

4 v.1 photograph ; 5 1/4 x 9 in. mounted on board.

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7153098

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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