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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03523.31.22 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Ira Blanchard, H company, 20th regiment, Illinois, infantry |
| Title | Ira Blanchard to Mary (Wright) Kellogg regarding flooding, visits from Union Generals and fugitive slaves |
| Date | 10 April 1863 |
| Author | Blanchard, Ira (b. 1835) |
| Recipient | Kellogg, Mary Wright |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Blanchard writes to Mary Wright from camp on the Mississippi River. Mentions the levee was cut and submerged the whole country around it, sweeping away many homes and forcing people to flee to higher ground. Reports visits from Union Generals Lorenzo Thomas, John A. Logan and James B. McPherson to explain the President's policy on contrabands: fugitive slaves seeking protection behind Union Lines during the southern invasion. Claims "...within a month there will be more than 20,000 in this department alone in arms for the Union and their liberties." Encloses a yellow rose. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Soldier's Letter Union Soldier's Letter Union General African American History Contrabands Slavery Disaster Infrastructure Runaway Slave Fugitive Slave Act Gift African American Troops Women's History |
| People | Blanchard, Ira (b. 1835) Kellogg, Mary Wright (1844-1912) Thomas, Lorenzo (1804-1875) McPherson, James Birdseye (1828-1864) Logan, John Alexander (1826-1886) |
| Place written | Provence of Carroll, Louisiana |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Slavery & Abolition; African Americans |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Folder Information: This collection consists chiefly of correspondence from Ira Blanchard, Lieutenant, Company H, 29th Illinois Infantry, to Mary (Wright) Kellogg. These letters document Blanchard's service at Forts Henry and Donelson, Tennessee; Vicksburg, Mississippi; and other areas throughout Missouri, Tennessee and Louisiana from 1861-1863. Sometime after August 1863, Mary (Wright) Kellogg married Captain Henry Kellogg, and the letters from Blanchard ceased. In addition to the correspondence from Blanchard, this collection also includes a letter from Jason D. Wright to his niece Mary (Wright) Kellogg (1864), two obituaries for Mary (Wright) Kellogg (ca. 1912), a newspaper article mentioning Mary Kellogg's daughter, Mrs. L. E. Dodson (ca. 1927), and a collateral envelope. Blanchard enlisted 13 June 1861 in Illinois as a Sargeant. He mustered into "H" Co., Illinois, Infantry. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Theater of War | Main Western Theater |
| Civil War: Unit | 20th Illinois infantry, H Company |