Inventory of the George William Logan Papers, 1861-1865
Collection Number 1560
Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Contact Information:
Manuscripts Department
CB#3926, Wilson Library
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
Phone: 919/962-1345
Fax: 919/962-3594
Email: mss@email.unc.edu
URL: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/
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Descriptive Summary
Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Logan, George William, 1828-1896.
Title
George William Logan Papers, 1861-1865
Call Number
1560
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
Items: About 1600
Linear Feet: 2.5
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.
Administrative Information
Restrictions to Access
No restrictions.
Alternate Form of Material
Microfilm copy (filmed 2006) available. Reel 1: Volumes 1-4 (folders 51-54)
Acquisitions Information
Received from Logan Pratt of Atlanta, Ga., in December 1948.
Processing Information
Processed by: Jane Adkins and Brooke Allan, February 1961
Encoded by: Nancy Kaiser, August 2006
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the George William Logan Papers #1560, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Biographical Note
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.
Collection Overview
The 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. ________________________________________
Detailed Description of the Collection
Papers, 1861-1865.
About 1600 items.
Arrangement: chronological.
Folder 1
1861-1862
Folder 2
1863: January
Folder 3
1863: February 1-21
Folder 4
1863: February 21-28
Folder 5
1863: March 1-16
Folder 6
1863: March 17-31
Folder 7
1863: April 1-14
Folder 8
1863: April 15-23
Folder 9
1863: April 24-30
Folder 10
1863: May 1-17
Folder 11
1863: May 18-31
Folder 12
1863: June 1-15
Folder 13
1863: June 16-30
Folder 14
1863: July 1-15
Folder 15
1863: July 16-22
Folder 16
1863: July 23-31
Folder 17
1863: August 1-15
Folder 18
1863: August 16-29
Folder 19
1863: August 30-31
Folder 20
1863: September
Folder 21
1863: October-December
Folder 22
1864: January-February
Folder 23
1864: February
Lists, reports, muster rolls
Folder 24
1864: March
Lists, reports, muster rolls
Folder 25
1864: April
Folder 26
1864: May
Folder 27
1864: June
Folder 28
1864: June
Lists, ordnances, reports, muster rolls
Folder 29
1864: July
Folder 30
1864: July
Lists, reports, muster rolls
Folder 31
1864: August
Folder 32
1864: August
Lists, reports, muster rolls
Folder 33
1864: September
Folder 34
1864: October
Folder 35
1864: October
Lists, reports, muster rolls
Folder 36
1864: November 1-11
Folder 37
1864: November 12-30
Folder 38
1864: November
Lists, reports, muster rolls
Folder 39
1864: December
Folder 40
1864: December
Lists, reports, muster rolls
Folder 41
1865: January
Folder 42
1865: January
Lists, reports, muster rolls
Folder 43
1865: February
Folder 44
1865: February
Lists, reports, muster rolls
Folder 45
1865: March 1-23
Folder 46
1865: March 24-31
Folder 47
1865: April
Folder 48
1865: April
Lists, reports, muster rolls
Folder 49
1865: May
Folder 50
Undated
Folder 51
Volume 1: Letter book, 20 January 1863-19 May 1863
Outgoing letters of Lieutenant Colonel George W. Logan
Folder 52
Volume 2: Letter book, 20 May 1863-12 May 1864
Outgoing letters of Lieutenant Colonel George W. Logan
Folder 53
Volume 3: Ledger, 1863-1865
Record of enlistments, clothing and supplies issued, deaths, desertions, and special duty
Folder 54
Volume 4: Order book, 9 September 1864-19 May 1865
Special orders from headquarters, 2nd Louisiana Heavy Artillery Battalion
Folder 55-56
Confederate Army Orders
General Orders, 1862-1865, for Headquarters, District of Western Louisiana; Headquarters, Trans Mississippi Department; Adjutant and Inspector General's Office, Richmond, Va.; Headquarters, District and Sub-district, North Louisiana; Headquarters, District Arkansas and Western Louisiana; Headquarters, Sub-district, Western Louisiana