Papers, 1862-1864.

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Papers, 1862-1864.

Collection of letterbooks, special orders, and a diary pertaining to Shepley and his activities as Military Governor of Louisiana from 1862 to 1865. Letterbook copies of correspondence are primarily to Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, General Benjamin F. Butler, and also to President Abraham Lincoln. Diary was kept sporadically in 1862 while Shepley was a colonel; there are references to troop reviews by General Butler and receiving orders from him. Subjects also include Shepley's trips by steamer to Fort Monroe in Hampton Roads (Va.).

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Butler, Benjamin Franklin, 1818-1893

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United States. Army. Maine Infantry Regiment, 12th (1861-1864)

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Stanton, Edwin McMasters, 1814-1869

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American jurist and politician. From the description of Letter signed : "War Department," to William Pitt Fessenden, 1862 May 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270580939 U.S. secretary of war 1862-1868. From the description of Telegram (draft) : ms. : Washington, D.C., to Ulysses S. Grant, Appomattox C.H., Va., 1865 Apr. 9. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122380613 Secretary of War; Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. ...

Shepley, George Foster, 1819-1878

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Lawyer, of Bangor and Portland, Me.; U.S. district attorney for Maine; judge Maine 1st Circuit Court; served as Military Governor of Louisiana during the Civil War. From the description of Papers, 1862-1864. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70978835 Lawyer, U.S. district attorney, state legislator, and judge, of Portland, Me.; commissioned as colonel in 12th Regiment, Maine Volunteer Infantry during Civil War; made military commander of New Orleans, La...

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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