Dederer, N. A., fl. 1862-1863 to Peter B. Rathbone

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GLC#
GLC04703.08-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
April 29, 1863
Author/Creator
Dederer, N. A., fl. 1862-1863
Title
to Peter B. Rathbone
Place Written
Brashear City, Louisiana
Pagination
2 p. :
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

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.

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