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The Red River Expedition [incomplete]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00653.02.02 Author/Creator: Place Written: Memphis, Tennessee Type: Manuscript document Date: circa 1864 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 31.8 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Mentions Generals Andrew Jackson Smith, Joseph Anthony Mower, and Nathaniel Prentiss Banks, among others. Lists details of the campaign. Writes "We marched back to Alexandria... Gen Banks had arrived some days previous and taking command of the entire forces, prepared to move on toward Shreveport. Up to this time the expedition had been entirely successful but after this time I cannot say so much..." Possibly by Lieutenant Colonel William Heath. Written for publication in a newspaper.

Smith, Andrew Jackson, 1815-1897
Mower, Joseph Anthony, 1827-1870
Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss, 1816-1894

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