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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02457.05 |
| From Archive Folder | Civil War generals who sided against their birth states |
| Title | Johnson K. Duncan to Mary Grimshaw Duncan about an attack on Union gunboats heading to New Orleans |
| Date | April 5, 1862 |
| Author | Duncan, Johnson K. (1827-1862) |
| Recipient | Duncan, Mary Grimshaw |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Enemy gunboats attacked, trying to reach New Orleans, then retreated. Writes of "another turn at the Enemy today - six gun boats and four frigates having come up to point of woods below. All gone back again, and well." Written to his wife in New Orleans. Johnson K. Duncan was a Confederate Brigadier General in command of the coastal defenses that protected New Orleans, including Fort Jackson and Fort St. Philip. Despite a valiant defense, Union gunboats were able to sail past these positions and on to New Orleans on April 24th. On April 29th both New Orleans and Duncan's forces were forced to surrender. One bust engraving of Duncan included as collateral. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Confederate General or Leader Confederate States of America Union Forces Battle Women's History Confederate Soldier's Letter Soldier's Letter |
| People | Duncan, Johnson Kelly (1827-1862) Duncan, Mary Grimshaw, (fl. 1862) |
| Place written | Fort Jackson, Louisiana |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Naval & Maritime |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Recipient Relationship | Wife |
| Civil War: Theater of War | Lower Seaboard Theater and Gulf Approach |
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