William C. Holbrook to Frederick Holbrook
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Parent Collections - Vermonters in the Civil War
- William C. Holbrook Correspondence
Title - William C. Holbrook to Frederick Holbrook
Date Created - 1862-05-27
Description - Topics include the Union gaining control of New Orleans, General Shepley becoming Military Commandant of the city, and the news that the Vermont Brigade has been gaining control on the Potomac. Evaluations of Generals Butler and Shepley. Also mentions the "contrabands" or slaves coming within Union lines. (Butler would later start recruiting African Americans to be Union soldiers.)
Subject - New Orleans (La.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
- Butler(Benjamin Franklin) Mr 1818-1893.
- United States Army. Vermont Infantry Regiment, 7th (1862-1866).
- United States Army. Vermont Infantry Regiment, 7th (1862-1866). Company C.
- Armed Forces -- Officers.
- Contraband of war.
- Morale.
- Slaves.
Extent - 6 pages
Note [Digital Version] - 2011-05-10, Center for Digital Initiatives, University of Vermont Libraries
Genre - correspondence
Type of Resource - text
Publisher - Silver Special Collections, University of Vermont Libraries
Date Captured - 5/10/2011 6:54:15 PM
Access Conditions - For further information please contact Special Collections, University of Vermont Libraries at uvmsc@uvm.edu.
Access Conditions [Local] - No Copyright - United States
Identifier [Local] - cwuvmholbrook07
Language - English
Language [Code] - eng
Digital Format - image/tiff
Digital Format - Text/Color: 24 bits; 300 ppi
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