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Brig. Gen. George F. Shepley, military governor of Louisiana and former commander of the 12th Maine Regiment, wrote to Gen. Godfrey Weitzel, commander of the reserve brigade, to warn him that ordnance stores that General Nathaniel Banks, head of the Department of the Gulf, wanted Union forces to retrieve were on the Mississippi -- and that Confederate Gen. Stonewall Jackson was in the area, ready to attack if Banks moved to Port Hudson.
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About This Item
- Title: Gen. Shepley warning on Rebel attack, New Orleans, 1863
- Creator: Shepley, George F.
- Creation Date: 1863-03-09
- Subject Date: 1863
- Local Name: Port Hudson
- Town: Baton Rouge, New Orleans
- State: LA
- Media: Ink on paper
- Dimensions: 21.5 cm x 14 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 117, Box 3/1
- Collection: George Foster Shepley papers
- Object Type: Text
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Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
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- Military service, Voluntary
- United States--Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States. Army. Maine Infantry Regiment, 12th (1861-1864)
- Military service--1860-1870
- Military maneuvers--Louisiana--Baton Rouge
- Military tactics
- Military leadership
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