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Item Description

Title: Justus F. Gale to Sister

Author

• Gale, Justus F., 1837-1863

Recipient

• Gale,Almeda A., 1835-1876

Source Document

Description

Topics include leaving Ship Island, being towed back up the Mississippi River to camp in New Orleans, the poor conditions of Fort Jackson and Philips, traveling into the city, the positive attitude of the natives of New Orleans toward Gale and companion now that it is occupied by the Union, General Butler redistributing provisions to the poor of the city that were captured from the rebels

Genre(s): correspondence

Subject/geographic

• Fort Jackson (La.)
• Fort Saint Philip (La.)
• New Orleans (La.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865

Subject/name

• Butler, (Benjamin Franklin)Mr, 1818-1893

Subject/topic

• Food

Language(s): English

Note [Digital Version]

2012-01-03, Center for Digital Initiatives, University of Vermont Libraries

Type of Resource: text

Parent Collections

• Vermonters in the Civil War
• Justus F. Gale Correspondence

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