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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

Two letters dated April 24th and 25th. Topics include the capture of Fort Jackson(?) ; fort south of the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, [battle April 18-28], the food at camp good except greasy pork meat, and the schedule for the day including battalion drills and dress parade.

Genre(s): correspondence

Subject/topic

• Ship Island (Miss.)
• Drill and minor tactics
• Food
• Operational rations (Military supplies)

Subject/name

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

Subject/geographic

• Fort Jackson (La.)
• 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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