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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC06157.02 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of eight Union imprints |
| Title | Wanted poster for saboteurs of Union military stations and vessels in the New Orleans area] |
| Date | 10 December 1864 |
| Author | Christensen, Christian Thomsen (1832-1905) |
| Document Type | Broadside |
| Content Description | Issued by Christensen as Assistant Adjutant General, by order of Union Major General Edward Richard Sprigg Canby. Lists the names of "persons belonging to parties organized for the purpose of burning depots, store houses, &c., and destroying transports and other vessels, on the Mississippi River." Lists F. F. Beale, Joe Smith, Thomas Lynch, George McCoan, Frank Nichols, William Jones, George Reafly, and Joe Rasmey, all of whom are commanded by Samuel Abels and Benjamin F. Cox. Requests that naval officers give aid or information that may assist in the fugitives' capture. "Confidential" has been hand written and struck at the top of the document. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Guerrilla Warfare Spying Union General Wartime Pillaging and Destruction Navy Military Law |
| People | Christensen, Christian Thomsen (1832-1905) Canby, Edward Richard Sprigg (1817-1873) Cox, Benjamin F. (fl. 1864) Abels, Samuel (fl. 1864) |
| Place written | New Orleans, 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 |