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Carte de visite of Ulysses S. Grant.
circa 1861-1865
Ulysses S. Grant. "Sold by a Wounded Soldier" Verso: imprint of "Chestnut St. Philadelphia Photographic Co."
GLC04360.078
Carte de visite of an engraving entitled "Grant & Family"
Photo of an engraving entitled "Grant & Family" featuring Ulysses S. Grant in uniform, Julia Grant and their four children. Capitol building is silhouetted in the background.
GLC04360.084
Carte de visite of Grant entitled "General Ulysses S. Grant, after a photograph from life"
Grant in civilian clothes. Entitled "General Ulysses S. Grant, after a photograph from life" [Negative has had the stars of his uniform painted -over.]
GLC04360.087
Bust portrait of Ulysses S. Grant
Bust portrait of Ulysses S. Grant, signed in purple ink. Imprint: "US Bureau Engraving & Printing"
GLC04360.094
Bust portrait of Ulysses S. Grant.
Bust portrait of Ulysses S. Grant. Imprint: "US Bureau Engraving & Printing" [Very nice Papier collé version of #94 but without signature.]
GLC04360.095
Bust portrait engraving of young-looking Ulysses S. Grant with two stars visible on his jacket.
1865
Engraving [from a book ?]. Bust portrait of young-looking Ulysses S. Grant with two stars visible on his jacket. With printed signature and cartouche entitled: "Siege of Vicksburg." Virtue & Yorstown, 1865, "From an Ambrotype by Brady. Expressly...
GLC04360.096
Portrait of Ulysses S. Grant with one star visible on his jacket.
1863
Portrait of Ulysses S. Grant with one star visible on his jacket. Grant is sitting on an ammunition box near a cannon holding a map of the Vicksburg area. With printed signature. Johnson Fry & Co. Publishers, 1863. Painted by Alonzo Chappel from...
GLC04360.097
Portrait of Ulysses S. Grant with one star visible on his jacket. [Same as #97 & 99.]
GLC04360.098
Portrait of Ulysses S. Grant with one star visible on his jacket. [Same as #97 & 98.]
GLC04360.099
to father, mother, brother and sisters
10 June 1863
Ticknor, Horace L., 1836-1864
Ticknor writes to his family from camp on Stone River, Tennessee. Reports on the successful battle of Stone River that took place on 31 December 1862. Praises Union General William S. Rosecrans. Comments he is waiting to hear good news from Union...
GLC03523.30.10
to Mary (Wright) Kellogg
February 5, 1862
Blanchard, Ira, 1835-?
Blanchard writes to Mary Wright from Fort Henry, Tennessee. Mentions Union General Halbert E. Paine leaving with the sick soldiers and supplies. Reports on his trip to Cairo, Illinois by steamer on the Ohio River. Says the boat was so crowded they...
GLC03523.31.12
8 November 1862
Blanchard writes to Mary Wright from Carroll Station. Includes the words of a love song. Describes the "darkies" returning home from the cotton fields with baskets of cotton on their heads. Explains what a cotton gin does and says the cotton fields...
GLC03523.31.19
January 30, 1863
Blanchard writes to Mary Wright from a camp in the suburbs of Memphis, Tennessee. Reports on the lovely weather. Expresses pleasure she is attending school. States Union General Ulysses S. Grant is amassing troops outside Vicksburg, Mississippi and...
GLC03523.31.20
25 July 1863
Blanchard writes to Mary Wright from Vicksburg. Discusses in detail the fall of Vicksburg and the long siege. Claims "...70,000 men had received the death blow and fell into the hands of the invincible troops of U. S. Grant..." Reports the stars and...
GLC03523.31.23
to his cousin
19 May 1864
Sayles, Nelson, fl. 1861-1865
Reports that they just returned from a scout where they were looking for "old forest" (General Nathan Bedford Forrest). Comments that they were close but he ran like a "white rabbit." Describes following General Nathan Forrest for 80 miles down...
GLC03523.32.34
[Diary of Franklin W. Fuller]
January 1, 1864-December 31, 1864
Fuller, Franklin W., fl. 1861-1865
January: Writes of the cold weather. Perry received his discharge papers. The weather ranges from pleasant to rainy and cold. Has played in parades.
February: Describes the weather and notes that they were ordered to be ready to march with eight...
GLC03523.42.70
[Fragment of speech on the Civil War and its aftermath]
circa 1880 - 1889
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
Fragment of a speech at a Civil War commemorative event, probably given in the 1880s with pages numbered 2-10, and 12-13. Sherman discusses the Civil War, national debt, race relations, and General Ulysses S. Grant. "Some of the Witnesses of a...
GLC03546
to Ulysses S. Grant
25 March 1865
Meade, George Gordon, 1815-1872
Major General Meade writes to Lieutenant General Grant to report on a unsuccessful Confederate attacks on Fort Stedman, the repulse of the enemy, and subsequent movements of Union forces under Generals Parke, Wright, and Humphreys. Written a few...
GLC03549
[Special Field Order no. 54]
12 April 1865
Signed by Dodge, a Brigadier General as an official notice. Notifies the Union army that General Robert E. Lee has surrendered his entire army to Ulysses S. Grant at the Appomattox Courthouse. Ends with, "Glory to God . . A little more labor, a...
GLC03553
[Carte de visite Grant, Ulysses S.]
circa 1861-1877
H.A. Balch's Star Photograph Gallery
White mount with elaborate gold border around Grant's portrait and Balch's imprint on verso. Oval bust portrait of Grant facing proper left.
GLC03565.01
Album of 20 cartes de visite plus 6 of Lincoln and his cabinet
1861-1865 ca.
Cartes de visite by Brady, Anthony, Barr & Young, and J. Carbutt. Includes Lincoln's cabinet: Lincoln, Hannibal Hamlin, William H. Seward, Edwin Stanton, Salmon P. Chase, Edwin Bates, Gideon Welles, Montgomery Blair (Postmaster Gen.), Caleb B. Smith...
GLC03589
to Michael Cramer re: his round-the-world trip
20 March 1879
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
GLC03595
to Edwin M. Stanton
March 30, 1862
Halleck, H.W. (Henry Wager), 1815-1872
Halleck writes to Stanton to report on Union troop strength in the western theater. Llists the number of troops under Generals Grant, Pope, Curtis, Strong, Steele, and Schofield, and the numbers in several state militia. Written on stationery of the...
GLC03831
to Drazilla Churchill
21 September 1862
Churchill, Byron, 1846-?
Reassures his mother of his safety by confirming that his division has been successful in the area of Corinth, Mississippi. Discussing Confederate General Sterling Price, writes "Wee have give Genrel Prise Hell in Mississippi and tenn He was...
GLC03859.08
to Godfrey Weitzel
2 April 1865
Grant telegraphs instructions for what he thought might be the final assault on the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia. "You need not assault in the morning unless you have good reason for believing the enemy are leaving. We have a good...
GLC03868
to George Gordon Meade
Grant, Commander-in-Chief of the United States Army, writes from Headquarters of the Armies of the United States to Meade, Commander of the Army of the Potomac. Discussing an assault on Petersburg, states that General Horatio Wright can contribute...
GLC04907.01
to W. H. H. Llewellyn
8 April 1895
Grant, Frederick D., 1850-1912
Grant, eldest son of Ulysses S. Grant, writes to Llewellyn, a lawyer. Assures Llewelyn of the authenticity of a U.S. Grant letter (refer to GLC04907.02). Of the order, Frederick writes "In this order is directed one of the movements, which brought...
GLC04907.02
1 April 1863
Hurlbut, Stephen A., 1815-1882
General Hurlbut offers a report of "the present situation of the Enemy's forces" to Grant, commanding the Army and Department of the Tennessee. Mentions the position, status, and weapons in possession of several Confederate generals and their troops...
GLC05038
16 August 1864
Prince, Henry, 1811-1892
Written in the hand of Captain Russell, aide-de-camp. Reports on events which occurred since Prince was assigned to command the District of Kentucky. Relates that he was superceded unannounced by another commander (possibly Stephen Gano Burbridge)...
GLC05049
to Ira Harris
30 November 1863
Seymour, Truman, 1824-1891
General Seymour writes to Harris, a United States Senator from South Carolina. Replies to Harris's question regarding what the Union can do to engage and defeat Charleston. States "It all is comprised in a single word- Nothing. Expectations of...
GLC05050
[Announcement of the surrender of General Lee at Appomattox]
9 April 1865
Custer, George Armstrong, 1839-1876
Published version of Custer's letter to the soldiers of the Third Cavalry Division thanking them for their outstanding service and praising them for their courage and accomplishments at war. Issued at Appomattox Court House. Custer signed as Brevet...
GLC05071
Birth-Place of Lieut.-Gen. U. S. Grant, Point Pleasant, Clermont County, Ohio.
A mounted print of a photograph showing the birthplace of Ulysses S. Grant. Title taken from text on recto. A small white house stands with two trees on either side of it, surrounded by a wooden fence with its gate open. A small boy huddles in the...
GLC05111.01.0224
to Louise Walbridge
28 April 1865
Walbridge, Charles E., 1842-?
Informs his brother that since they last communicated, several important events have taken place, the defeat and capture of General Robert E. Lee, the occupation of Richmond, and General Joseph E. Johnston's surrender to Generals Ulysses S. Grant and...
GLC04663.61
to Almira Winchell
5 March 1865
Donahue, Thomas, fl. 1863
Written from Camp Battery B. Cautions her not to be to optimistic about General Ulysses S. Grant taking Richmond, Virginia. Notes that he is glad to hear a friend has been captured: "I would rather have him a prisoner than a Deserter."
GLC04706.15
Speech of Gerrit Smith (to his neighbors) in Peterboro, N.Y., June 22d 1872.
22 June 1872
Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874
Smith writes "The Democratic Party is my dread. The Republican Party is my hope... I need not say that it is not the original Democratic Party- the party of my childhood and youth... But this modern Democratic party- this degenerate Democratic party...
GLC04717.71
to James L. Kemper
14 December 1873
Mosby, John S., 1833-1916
Written on "Office of John S. Mosby, Attorney at Law" letterhead. Writes to Kemper, Governor-elect of Virginia, about Reconstruction and Southern rights: "Of course I never designed to advise an unconditional alliance between Grant & the Southern...
GLC04734
to McKinstry Griffith
22 September 1839
Writing as a cadet at West Point, Grant offers self-consciously romantic comments to his cousin about the Hudson Highlands. He also complains about "a few of the drawbacks," such as insufficient blankets and money, difficult lessons, the lack of...
GLC03632
to James Birdseye McPherson
5 July 1863
Written near Vicksburg, Mississippi at Headquarters of the Department of the Tennessee. Grant, Commander of the Army and Department of the Tennessee, writes to General McPherson, commanding the 17th Corps one day after Vicksburg was seized by the...
GLC03633
to Nathan Appleton
7 January 1881
Former President Grant replies to a letter received 27 December 1880 from Boston lawyer Nathan Appleton. States that all investments in the construction of the Panama Canal under European management will be "sunk without any return to the investors...
GLC03635
February 22, 1862
Polk, Leonidas, 1806-1864
Polk, Confederate Major General Commanding, writes to Union General Grant requesting that families of officers captured at Fort Donelson, including General Simon Buckner be allowed to visit. Mentions that the Confederate forces allowed the families...
GLC03690
Daily sun. [Vol. 9, no. 196 (March 29, 1864)]
March 29, 1864
Gilbert, Thomas, fl. 1861-1864
Northern News, printing of Lincoln's promotion of Grant to lieutenant general and Grant's reply. An editorial remarks on European support for the Southerners without removing their aversion to slavery. This issue contains at least four ads for...
GLC05959.03.04
Southern confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 196 (October 4, 1862)]
4 October 1862
Hanleiter & Adair (publishers), fl. 1861-1865
An article titled "The Iuka Fight" reprinted from the Mississippian features "accounts of both sides" including the Federal Account from Grant at Headquarters in Corinth. Other articles include "General Price" and a reprint of army correspondence on...
GLC05959.09.079
Southern confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 210 (October 21, 1862)]
21 October 1862
Features a letter from Major-General William Stake Rosecrans to Major General Ulysses S. Grant, entitled: "Rosecrans' Account of the Battle of Corinth". Also includes a battle report, "Details of the Recent Battle in Kentucky," reprinted from the...
GLC05959.09.090
Southern confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 246 (December 2, 1862)]
2 December 1862
"Designs of the Enemy in the Southwest," excerpted from the New York Times, describes the importants of maintaining control in Mississippi. Mentions General Ulysses S. Grant. Other articles include: "A Most Daring and Extraordinary Bank Robbery in...
GLC05959.09.103
Opelousas courier. [Vol. 12, no. 30 (December 24, 1864)]
24 December 1864
Sandoz, Joel H., fl. 1840-1864
The front page is in French and the back page is in English. Rosser Captured New Creek & Piedmont. This Christmas issue contains brief holiday notices, including a plea to assist needy soldiers' families and advertising an attraction for soldiers. An...
GLC05959.15.05
Opelousas courier. [Vol. 12, no. 36 (February 4, 1865)]
February 4, 1865
The front page is in French and the back page is in English. Confederate Change in Command, Militia General Orders. A notice announces the need to raise taxes to put local impassable streets in order. An editorial from the London Times questions...
GLC05959.15.06
Daily citizen. [July 2, 1863]
2 July 1863
Swords, J. M., fl. 1863
The famous wallpaper issue with the "Note" added by Grant's soldiers in the last column. This issue has the banner title spelled correctly. (See also GLC 6043, the variant issue with misspelled masthead.) Docketed on verso, signed by Lt. Tom Custer...
GLC05959.20
Confederate Baptist. [Vol. 1, no. 32 (June 3, 1863)]
3 June 1863
Reynolds, J. L. (James Lawrence), 1814-1877
"Army Correspondence" prints a letter from the army evangelist of the Domestic Mission Board reporting on their work and requesting for more copies of the paper to be sent to soldiers. A chaplain reports the revival work in their camp during a quiet...
GLC05959.39.26
to Charles Smith Hamilton
26 November 1862
Grant, commander of the Army and Department of the Tennessee and commander of the 13th Corps, organizes troop movement in preparation for his Vicksburg campaign. Orders Hamilton to be prepared to move with his entire command southward, except for...
GLC05268
to Benjamin F. Butler
30 December 1864
Arranging for a courier to deliver a sealed letter to "a Commissioned Confederate officer," who will pass it on to Jefferson Davis. The sealed letter requested a meeting with Davis to negotiate peace, and is possibly related to the Hampton Roads...
GLC05456
The Surrender of General Lee
1868
McRae, John C., fl. 1850-1880
Title continues, "and his entire army to Lieut. General U.S. Grant, April 9, 1865." Depicts Union General Ulysses S. Grant and Confederate General Robert E. Lee in front of a tree in a field. Grant is rendered in the act of handing Lee the...
GLC05472
Items related to Generals Ulysses S. Grant and John Eaton [Decimalized .01-.03]
1863-1885
GLC05485
to John Eaton
Writing two days before the capitulation of Vicksburg, Mississippi, General Grant acknowledges receipt of a letter from Major Eaton. Relates that, based on Eaton's request, he will forward a recommendation for the promotion of Colonel John W. Fuller...
GLC05485.01
A note from Ulysses S. Grant accompanied by a brief description [Decimalized .01-.02]
circa 1885
GLC05485.02
12 July 1885
General Grant states "I should have liked to have seen you ... about ... utilizing the negroes down about Grand Junction, Tenn. In writing on that subject for my book I had to rely on memory." States that the first volume of his personal memoirs is...
GLC05485.02.01
[Description of a note from General Ulysses S. Grant]
circa 12 July 1885
Eaton, John, 1829-1906
General Eaton describes a note given to him by General Ulysses S. Grant (see GLC05485.02.01). States that Grant's note was written at Mt. McGregor, Wilton, New York. Asserts that General Grant handed him the note after they witnessed a sermon by D...
GLC05485.02.02
to Abraham Lincoln
11 June 1863
True copy of a letter from General Grant to President Lincoln, written one week after the surrender of Vicksburg, Mississippi to Grant. Grant encloses a report (not included) created by General John Eaton discussing African Americans within his...
GLC05485.03
to Bliss Isley
circa 3 July 1900
Grant, Elizabeth, 1797-1885
Grant does not recall her father-in-law attending church during the five years she lived in his house. She doubts the assertion that Grant chose the Bible passage over which he took his Oath of Office. She corrects his version of Grant baptism...
GLC05508.116
[General order regarding the presence of non-soldier African Americans in military camp]
February 25, 1862
Written from Fort Donelson, Tennessee. General Grant states that "orders ... prohibit negroes from coming into camp. When they are brought in by an officer or soldier they must be turned out ... owners are not to be permitted to search the camp on...
GLC05529
President Lincoln and General Grant on Peace and War.
1864
National Union Free Convention
Promotes the Union cause. Reprints an interview with Lincoln titled Mr. Lincoln's view of Democratic strategy, and a letter of General Grant dated 16 August 1864 to E.B. Washburne. Grant's letter informs that the Confederacy is very weak and losing...
GLC05556
U. S. Grant III
1815-1860
GLC05603.02.55
to Mary E. Hurlbut
16 November 1863
Rawlins, John A., 1831-1869
Discusses his love for her and Ulysses Grant's drinking problem. To his fiancée, with pencil lines between the pen. On Grant's drinking: "The necessity of my presence has made almost absolute, by the free use of intoxicating spirits liquors at Head...
GLC05606
15 August 1863
Sherman writes to thank General Grant for the promotion to Brigadier General of the regular army (from Major General of Volunteers). He writes: "I know that I owe this to you, and beg to acknowledge it, and to add that I value the commission far less...
GLC05619
11 November 1864
Grant, Commander in Chief of the United States Army, writes to Meade, Commander of the Army of the Potomac, during the Union's operations against Petersburg. States that Confederate forces are moving on General Terry's (possibly Alfred Howe Terry's)...
GLC05623
to Mark Alexander
24 July 1864
Cooper, Samuel, 1798-1876
Cooper, Adjutant General and Inspector General of the Confederate Army, writes to his friend Alexander. Mentions that his son recently travelled with Mrs. Captain Lee of the Confederate Navy. Complains that he is overworked, and fears he will not...
GLC05980
Photograph of Ulysses S. Grant
Gurney, Jeremiah, 1812-1895
Salted paper print with applied media. Imprint of Gurney, NY. Incorrectly dated on recto "1862" with long note from 1888 on verso dating (also incorrect) the photograph to 1863. Current dating based on Grant's presence in the East and the three...
GLC06018.01
[Ulysses S. Grant clipped signature]
1864-1866 circa
Grant's clipped signature matted in front of a photograph of Grant, GLC06018.01. Signed "U. S. Grant Lt. Gen." Signature must date between 1864, when Grant first became a Lieutenant General, and 1866, when he was promoted to full General.
GLC06018.02
23 May 1864
Written prior to the campaign for New Hope Church, Georgia as General Sherman maneuvered around General Joseph E. Johnston's left flank. Sherman reports to Stanton that he will speak to the Governors as requested. He will continue to telegraph...
GLC06023
[Notes during a meeting with the Sioux Indians]
2 June 1875
Comments on a treaty with the Sioux and rights to lands in Nebraska. A note in the margin by Benjamin R. Cowen, Grant's assistant secretary of the interior, identifies Grant's authorship and date. Another unattributed note identifies Cowen....
GLC06035.01
[Engraving of Ulysses S.Grant]
1861-1865
Accompanied an unrelated note written by Grant (see GLC06035.01).
GLC06035.02
[Unionist epitaph for the Confederacy]
Large card printed on white glossy cardstock. Printed by James B. Rodgers at 52 & 54 North Sixth Street in Philadelphia. Dated the day of Lee's surrender. Says "Died near the south-side rail road, on Sunday, April 9, 1865, The Southern Confederacy...
GLC06056
to Alfred
24 May 1884
Discusses his finances. Mentions that he is building two houses in St. Louis and another in Illinois. Writes about his determination to stay out of politics and Ulysses S. Grant's financial troubles. "Every day's development of the Grant affair...
GLC06088
The Richmond whig. [Vol. 1, no. 9 (April 13, 1865)]
13 April 1865
Bondurant & Elliot
Issue is dedicated to General Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox. Prints the correspondence between General Lee and General Ulysses S. Grant leading up to the surrender. Prints general orders. Includes articles on the fall of the Confederate...
GLC06107.26
Free South. [Vol. 2, no. 12 (March 26, 1864)]
26 March 1864
Union occupation newspaper. Lincoln proclamation appointing Grant to command the United States Army, Lincoln's call for 200,000 men, secret prisoner exchange meeting between McClellan and Howell Cobb, occupation of Sea Islands, freeing of slaves &...
GLC06107.32
[Extract from Transcript Extra]
14 May 1865
Wilson, James Harrison, 1837-1925
Headlined "Jeff. Davis, His Staff, Family & Others, Captured!" Written by Brevet Major General James H. Wilson for Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant and Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. Says calvary under his command captured Confederate...
GLC06107.36
Chinatown declared a nuisance!
1880
Workingmen's Party of California
Attacks both the Democratic and Republican Parties for not stopping Chinese immigration, but reserves special vitriol for Ulysses S. Grant. Includes notes from a Board of Health meeting describing sub-par living conditions and rampant disease. Part...
GLC06232.03
The New Orleans riot. Its official history.
1866
Opens with the statement "It was no Riot- It was an Absolute Massacre by the Police- A Murder Perpetrated by the Mayor." Includes dispatches pertaining to the riot from Albert Voorhies, Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana; Andrew Herron, Louisiana...
GLC06232.08
to Jacob C. and Mrs. Bogert
8 July 1864
Bogert, John A., fl. 1863-1865
Bogert replies to several letters he recently received from his parents. Mentions family members and acquaintances, including the death of Uncle Peter. States that he has confidence in General Ulysses S. Grant's siege of Richmond, Virginia....
GLC06298.04
to H. Copper
21 May 1865
Sherman defends the terms of surrender he gave to General Joseph Johnston, discussing his "Memorandum" (i.e., Johnston's surrender agreement), and claiming the document was written "quickly." Sherman writes that "Sam [U.S. Grant] never saw or heard...
GLC06334
to Leonard Fulton Ross
8 March 1863
Quinby, Isaac F., 1821-1891
General Quinby, Commander of the 7th Division, 17th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, writes from the steamer Superior. Encloses an extract from a letter (not included) in which General Ulysses S. Grant informs General James Birdseye McPherson of...
GLC06462
to Fanny P. Clark
10 August 1865
Clark, Warren, fl. 1865
Discusses the possibility of Grant as next president and whether [General] Butler is fit to manage rebels.
GLC06475
to Sarah Ogden
Benham, Tower S., fl. 1841-1865
Writes from camp near Petersburg. Comments on General Ulysses S. Grant, writing "Gen Grant is not the man to rest untill [sic] he acomplishes what he started to do and that I suppose was to take Richmond and Mrs Ogden we are going to take it within...
GLC06559.003
to Jefferson Davis
29 May 1853
Atchison, David Rice, 1807-1886
Page one consists of a letter from Atchison, a United States Senator from Missouri, introducing Judge Samuel Treat of St. Louis to Davis, Secretary of War. Describes Treat as "a politician of the Nullification, Secession, & High Treason School, to...
GLC06569
to Ethan A. Hitchcock
February 16, 1865
Writes to Major General Hitchcock about exchanging prisoners. Believes that prisoners not wanting to return to Confederate service should be exchanged first. "Those who preferred Northern prisons to a return to the rebel service were invited to...
GLC05727
to George H. Thomas
2 December 1864
Grant, commander-in-chief of the United States Army, instructs General Thomas to move out of Nashville, Tennessee, "and force the enemy to retire or fight upon ground of your own choosing." Informs Thomas, commanding the Department of the Cumberland...
GLC05730
to Philip H. Sheridan
February 25, 1865
Marked cipher at top and copied on verso. Writes to Major General Sheridan at Winchester, Virginia about General William T. Sherman's movements. "General Sherman's movements will depend on the amount of opposition he meets from the enemy." Feels...
GLC05734
to W. W. Kimball
January 31, 1881
Advice to naval officer headed to the Far East.
GLC05736
to Schuyler Hamilton
January 22, 1863
Grant, Commander of the Army and Department of the Tennessee, discusses the organization of guns in preparation for the siege of Vicksburg. Also instructs Hamilton regarding gathering troops at Memphis, Tennessee and Corinth, Mississippi.
GLC06349
to Edward Otho Cresap Ord
12 December 1864
Grant, Commander-in-Chief of the United States Army, instructs General Ord to "Please telegraph any news from Sherman the Richmond papers of to-day may contain." Written on Head-Quarters, Armies of the United States stationery. Contains a...
GLC06394
to Henry W. Halleck
October 5, 1863
Henry S. Hewit will report to Washington, as ordered, in accordance with a notice to delinquents. Defends Hewit's conduct, and says if he was delinquent it was due only to a misunderstanding, but states he will report to "the 'Military Commission'"...
GLC00543
[Platinum Rice Print of Ulysses S. Grant]
Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882
Copyright notice written on lower left corner "1902". Portrait of Grant seated. From the original imperial negative by Gardner. Moses Rice is believed to have been assistant to Brady or Gardner during the war, after which he opened his own studio...
GLC00553
to Mary Grant Cramer
March 31, 1869
Ulysses S. Grant writes to his sister about family matters and office seekers. He apologizes for not having replied at once to her letter. He mentions that "Father...left here(?) last Thursday after a visit..." His father evidently had some sort of...
GLC00655.13
[Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to the pardon of James Smith and Timothy Hixon].
January 13, 1875
GLC00685
Pardon of J.A. de Abora, convicted of violating the "Passenger Act."
23 October 1872
Convicted of violating the "Passenger Act." Pardoned by recommendation of Senator W.H. Corbett, District Attorney Gibbs, the Collector of Customs at Portland, and other prominent citizens of Oregon, and since he was ignorant of the law. (c/s...
GLC00706
[Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to the pardon of John Stafford, Martin Johnson and Andrew Melvin].
December 6, 1869
GLC00757
[Appointment of Thomas Ward, Captain in the First Regt. Artillery]
December 20, 1876
Appointment of Thomas Ward as Captain in the first Regiment of Artillery, beginning on November 1, 1876. Signed by Ulysses S. Grant as President, countersigned by James D. Cameron ("J.D. Cameron") as Secretary of War. No reason given for promotion...
GLC00778.08
October 4, 1867
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Johnson asks Grant to "inform Major General C. C. Augur, by telegraph, that he is authorized and empowered to act as a member of the Indian Peace Commission during the absence of Lieut. General Sherman, and direct him to meet the Commission at Fort...
GLC00782.13
[Endorsement on a letter by Governor Pierpont]
23 November 1864
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Lincoln endorsement on the address leaf of a letter to Lincoln, from Francis H. Pierpont dated 23 November 1864. In the letter, Pierpont states he would be relieved if Lincoln and General Ulysses S. Grant had a meeting. Lincoln replies, "My time is...
GLC00951
[Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to the pardon of C.A. Hayne].
06 May 1875
GLC00956
Commission for Colon Augur (c/s Wm. Belknap [War])
January 28, 1874
Commision for Colon Augur to become the first lieutenant in second regiment of calvary. Signed by Grant in purple ink. With large blue paper seal on top left of document.
GLC01246
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