Edward L. Jameson letters to James Jameson [manuscript], 1861-1866.

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Edward L. Jameson letters to James Jameson [manuscript], 1861-1866.

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Jameson writes to his brother, chiefly from Louisiana and Ship Island, Mississippi, about life in his Massachusetts Artillery battery. He mentions rebel steamers attempting to get past them or spy on them, the arrival of General Benjamin Butler, burning a Confederate camp and capturing a steamer, bombardment of Fort Jackson, war news and rumors from elsewhere, battle of Baton Rouge and the 7th Vermont, the destruction of the steamer Cotton by Godfrey Weitzel's expedition to Bayou Teche, election of 1864, various expeditions in Louisiana and Alabama, and an incident involving a Captain Grover and men of the 7th battery being mistaken for Jayhawkers. Two post war letters discuss setting up a retail business in New Orleans. With the letters is a copy of General Order No. 62, Department of the Gulf, commending soldiers for action at Baton Rouge 1862 August 5, including three members of the 4th Massachusetts Battery and a letter from Walter H. H[amner?].

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