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Item Description

Title: Justus F. Gale to Brother

Author

• Gale, Justus F., 1837-1863

Recipient

• Gale,Charles T., 1845-1862

Source Document

Description

Topics include the process of choosing new officers and police in New Orleans, Gen. Butler's orders to the N.O. police being refused, illness among some of the soldiers, fruit berries available, other provisions few and expensive, summary of all the letters that have been received by Justus Gale, and how welcome the Vermont regiment is in New Orleans.

Genre(s): correspondence

Subject/topic

• Armed Forces -- Officers
• Military camps -- Louisiana
• Food

Subject/name

• United StatesArmy.Vermont Infantry Regiment, 8th (1861-1865)

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

Subject/geographic

• New Orleans (La.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865

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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