8 1/4 x 11, on imprinted bank letter sheet, with the letter portion written in ink.

Bank of New Orleans,
New Orleans, 28 Jany. 1862

Written to a man in Holly Springs, [Mississippi].

"I am in receipt of your [?] 24th Inst. & your requests will be duly attended to.

Respt. Yours,
[?]
Comm.

Light age toning and wear.

In less than 3 months after this letter was written New Orleans would be captured! The city of New Orleans, Louisiana fell to Federal naval forces commanded by Admiral David G. Farragut on April 25, 1862. On May 1, 1862, General Benjamin F. Butler marched into the city with 15,000 soldiers and took command. New Orleans remained in Union possession for the rest of the Civil War, and its loss was considered to be one of the biggest disasters suffered by the Confederacy.