- GLC#
- GLC10198.09-View header record
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- June 5, 1863
- Author/Creator
- Bush, Louis, fl. 1863
- Title
- Special Orders
- Place Written
- Vermillionville, Louisiana
- Pagination
- 3 p. ; Height: 24.6 cm, Width: 19.5 cm
- Language
- English
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
One document entitled Special Orders but Unnumbered, dated June 5, 1863. The order is for Ogden to "proceed to Port Barre to assume command of the post and relieve the detachment from Colonel Green's command." He continues: "You will throw out pickets by means of boats or otherwise at least a hundred men as far as the banks of the Atchafalaya River with orders to harass, annoy, and if possible capture the boats and transports of the enemy."
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