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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08474.02 |
| From Archive Folder | Items pertaining to the 3rd Regiment, Louisiana Native Guards |
| Title | Special orders no. 50 regarding the honorable discharge of Ernest Longpre |
| Date | 19 February 1863 |
| Author | Clark, Rufus H. (fl. 1862-1863) |
| Document Type | Military document |
| Content Description | Signed by Clark as Adjutant Third Regiment, Louisiana Native Guards. States that Longpre (spelled in the letter as "Longprie"), of French Creole descent, served as First Lieutenant, Third Regiment, Louisiana Native Guards. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History African American Troops African American History Confederate States of America Freemen |
| People | Clark, Rufus H. (fl. 1862-1863) Longpre, Ernest (b. ca. 1839) |
| Place written | New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Theme | The American Civil War; African Americans |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Giddings was a mustering and disbursing officer in New Orleans credited with mustering in the first two African American regiments raised in Louisiana. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Unit | 3rd Regiment, Louisiana Native Guards |