Anson Fessenden papers, 1862-1863.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Anson Fessenden papers, 1862-1863.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70781917

In letters to his family, Anson Fessenden describes camp life in New York and New Orleans, a sea voyage from New York to New Orleans, and aspects of the Port Hudson campaign. Fessenden reports on an encounter between the MERRIMAC and Union ships on the James River (Jan. 23, 1863). He also expresses his opinions on the abilities and performance of African-American troops (March, April 18, 1863), and he discusses General Benjamin Butler's command in New Orleans (April 18, 1863). Diary entries record events of the Port Hudson campaign.

82 items.1 v.

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 8037047

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

Related Entities

There are 5 Entities related to this resource.

United States. Army

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6km312r (corporateBody)

The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...

Massachusetts. Militia. Regiment, 53rd. Company D.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6673qzg (corporateBody)

Merrimack (Frigate)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dr6w22 (corporateBody)

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...

Fessenden, Anson, b. 1839.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60z8pd5 (person)

Anson Fessenden was a resident of Townsend, Mass. He served as a captain in the Fifty-Third Regiment, Co. D of the Massachusetts Militia during the Civil War. From the description of Anson Fessenden papers, 1862-1863. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 70781917 ...