Civil War Letter: Parker, Benjamin Letter from Algiers, New Orleans to his Mother, 1863
Entry/Object ID
AM1993.37.25AB
Scope and Content
Civil War Letter: Parker, Benjamin Letter from Algiers, New Orleans to his Mother, 1863. He is in Algiers New Orleans. He tells that the Kingsman boat sank in the middle of the night. They lost 10 men. He narrowly escaped and saved someone from drowning. He lost everything. He tells of General Banks coming with a large force. He marched to Read River and crossed over to Port Hudson. He became sick with chills and had to go to the hospital. Dated June 27, 1863.
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Letter
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Correspondence
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Other Documents
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Civil wars
Search Terms
Read River, Algiers New Orleans, Gunboat Kingsman, Port Hudson