Appointment of Col. George Shepley as Louisiana governor, 1862
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Maine Historical Society
With Union victories, Shepley soon was named military commandant of New Orleans, then military governor of Louisiana. He was promoted to brigadier general.
Shepley kept letters received, copies of letters sent, books of official documents, books of copies of official letters, and uncountable other records of his time as the military governor, a post he also held in Union-occupied Richmond, Virginia.
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