29 April 1863
Dederer, N. A., fl. 1862-1863
Letter
Title: to Peter B. Rathbone
His regiment and another are assigned to drive cattle, horses, mules and sheep; an assignment he finds disgraceful. Dederer suggests that the commanding officers committed a number of mistakes in battle [possibly the Battle of Port Hudson 6/11/1863], which earned the regiment their humiliating assignment.
GLC04703.08