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Size | 2.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 1600 items) |
Abstract | George William Logan (1828-1896) served as a lieutenant colonel in the Confederate Army, 1862-1865. The collection consists of records, chiefly 1862-1865, of the daily transaction of military business and command of the 2nd Louisiana Heavy Artillery Battalion, in western Louisiana, particularly at Fort Beauregard on the Ouachita River. Papers include letter books of Logan's outgoing correspondence; daily, weekly, and monthly reports from the company captains in Logan's battalion; ordnance reports; orders received and sent; petitions for transfer; medical reports; communications from civilians and officers in the field; items concerning conscripts and deserters; and papers relating to construction work and use of local slave labor. Also included is a volume with records of enlistment, supplies, deaths, desertions, and other information. |
Creator | Logan, George William, 1828-1896. |
Language | English |
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George William Logan (1828-1896) was born in Charleston, S.C., to George William Logan and Anna d'Oyley Glover Logan. In 1849, he moved to New Orleans, La., and, in 1853, he married Marie Telide Soniat du Fossat. Logan, a businessman before and after the Civil War, had interests in the cotton brokerage and exporting firm Logan, Smith, and Claiborne. During the war, he served as a lieutenant colonel in the Confederate Army, commanding a battalion of heavy artillery in Louisiana from 1862 to 1865. The greater part of his service was in the District of Western Louisiana in defense of Fort Beauregard at Harrisonburg on the Ouachita River, near the point where the Ouachita joins the Black River. In September 1863, Logan was ordered to Vienna, La., and, in April 1864, he joined General Kirby Smith in the defense of Shreveport. In March 1865, Logan assumed command at Fort Gallagher near Natchitoches in March 1865 and was paroled in May 1865.
Back to TopThe collection consists of Lieutenant Colonel George William Logan's records, chiefly 1862-1865, of the daily transaction of military business and command of the 2nd Louisiana Heavy Artillery Battalion, in western Louisiana, particularly at Fort Beauregard on the Ouachita River, during the Civil War. Papers include letter books of Logan's outgoing correspondence; daily, weekly, and monthly reports from the company captains in Logan's battalion; ordnance reports; orders received and sent; petitions for transfer; medical reports; communications from civilians and officers in the field; items concerning conscripts and deserters; and papers relating to construction work and use of local slave labor. Also included is a volume with records of enlistment, supplies, deaths, desertions, and other information.
Back to TopArrangement: chronological.
Processed by: Jane Adkins and Brooke Allan, February 1961
Encoded by: Nancy Kaiser, August 2006
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