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Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 3 3 Browse Search
Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865 3 3 Browse Search
Col. O. M. Roberts, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 12.1, Alabama (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 3 3 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 2 2 Browse Search
George Meade, The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade, Major-General United States Army (ed. George Gordon Meade) 1 1 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: December 25, 1863., [Electronic resource] 1 1 Browse Search
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 10: The Armies and the Leaders. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 1 1 Browse Search
Elias Nason, McClellan's Own Story: the war for the union, the soldiers who fought it, the civilians who directed it, and his relations to them. 1 1 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 4. (ed. Frank Moore) 1 1 Browse Search
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume II. 1 1 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: December 25, 1863., [Electronic resource], The capture of New Orleans — McClellan's Orders to Gen. Butler. (search)
lan is entitled to the credit for laying down the plan of operations in the Southwest, and if Gen. Butler had done all that he was ordered to do we should have had a very different story from there. Gen. McClellan's genius and foresight are admirably exhibited in the orders under which Gen. Butler went to New Orleans, and whatever credit is due to military operations there clearly belongs to the young Commander in-Chief. The following are the orders: Headquarters of the Army, February 23, 1862. Major-General Butler, U. S. Army: General: You are assigned to the command of the land forces destined to co-operate with the navy in the attack upon New Orleans. You will use every means to keep the destination a profound secret, even from your staff officers, with the exception of your Chief of Staff, and Lieut. Wetzel, of the engineers. The force at your disposal will consist of the first thirteen regiments named in your memorandum handed to me in person. The 21st Indi