Contributed by Maine Historical Society
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Brig. Gen. George F. Shepley, a Portland lawyer who was serving as military governor of Louisiana, wrote to Brig. Gen. Neal Dow, also of Portland, commander of the 13th Maine Volunteer Infantry, about a complaint from the French Consul of "sundry acts of violence and pillage alleged by him to have committed by United States soldiers at the residences of two Frenchmen..."
The officers and soldiers in question were under Dow's command. Shepley asked that if the charges were true, the property would be returned and the perpetrators punished.
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About This Item
- Title: Brig. Gen Shepley to Brig. Gen. Dow on pillaging, New Orleans, 1862
- Creator: George F. Shepley
- Creation Date: 1862-09-17
- Subject Date: 1862
- Location: New Orleans, LA
- Media: Ink on paper
- Dimensions: 28 cm x 21.4 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 117, Box 2/1
- Collection: George Foster Shepley papers
- Object Type: Text
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Standardized Subject Headings
- War destruction & pillage--Louisiana--New Orleans
- United States. Army. Maine Infantry Regiment, 13th (1861-1865)
- Military service--1860-1870
- Consuls--France
- United States--Civil War, 1861-1865
- Violence--Louisiana--New Orleans
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