William A. Smith letters
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of letters written to William A. Smith's wife, Caroline, while he was a solider with a Massachusetts unit marching with General Nathaniel Prentiss Banks in Louisiana. He wrote from several locations, including Baton Rouge, Opelousas, Barries Landing, Burwicks Bay, and Port Hudson. Smith describes the events leading up to the siege of Port Hudson, including vignettes of camp life, African American support of Union troops, relations with locals, food and food preparation.
Dates
- 1862-1863
Creator
- Smith, William A. (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open to the public. No known restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Physical rights are retained by the Louisiana Research Collection. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.
Extent
1.00 Folders
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement Note
The collection is arranged chronologically. It consists of one folder.
- Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss, 1816-1894.
- Smith, William A.
- African Americans -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century Subject Source: Lcnaf
- Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Port Hudson (La) -- History -- Siege, 1863 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Soldiers -- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- African Americans Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Food supply Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States. Army. Dept. of the Gulf (1862-1865)
- United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 52nd (1862-1863). Company H.
- Title
- William A. Smith letters
- Author
- LAC Group
- Date
- 02/12/2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Tulane University Special Collections Repository
