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to Jacob C. and Mrs. Bogert

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

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

Election campaign carte de visite of Ulysses S. Grant and Henry Wilson

Campaign carte depicting Grant and Vice-Presidential candidate Henry Wilson, with quotation about reducing taxation and national debt. Accompanied by a second carte of Gen. Palmer.

GLC06663

Election campaign carte de visite of Ulysses S. Grant and Henry Wilson

Campaign carte depicting Grant and Vice-Presidential candidate Henry Wilson, with quotation about reducing taxation and national debt.

GLC06663.01

to Leonard Fulton Ross

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

Discusses the possibility of Grant as next president and whether [General] Butler is fit to manage rebels.

GLC06475

to Sarah Ogden

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

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

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

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

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

Advice to naval officer headed to the Far East.

GLC05736

to Schuyler Hamilton

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

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 Leonard Fulton Ross

General Prentiss, Union Commander of the District of East Arkansas, replies to correspondence from General Ross (possibly Leonard Fulton Ross, commander of a post in Helena). States "I will endeavor to keep up communication with you and have sent...

GLC02461.27

to Charles Smith Hamilton

Rawlins, Assistant Adjutant General under Ulysses S. Grant, writes to Hamilton, commander of the Left Wing of the Army of Tennessee. Transmits copied dispatch from General James Birdseye McPherson (not included), and instructs Hamilton: "hold one of...

GLC02463.18

to Ulysses S. Grant re: recommendation for appointee for collector of revenue

GLC02494.03

to the Honorable Senate of the United States of America

Co-signed by Ulysses S. Grant and fifteen other brevet second lieutenants protesting L.R. Quimby's promotion on the grounds of their seniority.

GLC02643

to Thomas McParlin

Major General Meade informs McParlin that he has complied with his request for a recommendation (see GLC02649.30): "I think if any medical officers are entitled to the Brevet of Brig Genl it [is] these who like yourself stuck it out in the field and...

GLC02649.29

to unknown

McParlin asks that an original letter of introduction written by Ulysses S. Grant and sent to President Chester A. Arthur be returned to him (the original being deposited in White House files). McParlin transcribes in his own hand the text of the...

GLC02649.37

to Chester A. Arthur

Printed copy of Grant's letter of introduction for Thomas A. McParlin sent to President Arthur. Commends McParlin's service in the Civil War. McParlin quoted this letter in full in GLC02649.37, in a request to Arthur for the return of the original.

GLC02649.38

[Dedication note transmitted within GLC02682.01]

Unsigned note states "Mr. Cushing has the honor to place in the hands of the President the accompanying supplementary volume, which completes the set of documents in the matter of the claims of the Hudson's Bay Company against the United States."

GLC02682.02

to John C. Fremont

Brigadier General Grant discusses enemy troop movement with Fremont, Commander of the Western Department. States that he has not received news of enemy movement in the past few days, but that the Confederates seem to be retreating from Mayfield to...

GLC02706

to Nancy E. Jones

They took 200 prisoners from Bragg's army and Grant took 200,000 at Vicksburg. He believes Banks will be "good for port Hudson." Meade defeated Lee at Gettysburg and Lee is retreating with a loss of 30,000 men. "There is no doubt but that lee's...

GLC02739.059

to Nancy Ellen Jones

Jones, a Civil War soldier, replies to a letter from his wife. Expresses joy that Nancy spends time with Brother Millis, possibly a pastor. Traveled the previous day from Bellefont to Stevenson, Alabama. States that divisions led by Generals...

GLC02739.067

to Ulysses S. Grant

Major General Halleck transmits orders to Brigadier General Grant permitting the discharge of volunteers who desire to be recruited by the Navy for work on gun boats. The discharges must be distributed so they do not disrupt the efficiency of any...

GLC02455.05

[Letter to Lorenzo Thomas with autograph endorsement of Ulysses S. Grant]

Blair informs Thomas, United States Adjutant General, "I hereby tender my resignation as a major Genl U. S. Vols to take effect in the 1st of August next. Under orders already received the 17th A.C. which I have the honor to command will be mustered...

GLC02456.02

to Ulysses S. Grant

General McClernand writes from headquarters, reserves of the Army of the Tennessee, in the field. Transmits a newspaper from Mobile (not present). Informs Grant, second-in-command, Department of the Mississippi, to pay particular attention to the...

GLC02456.18

to Henry W. Halleck

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]

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

Carte de visite of Ulysses S. Grant and two staff members

Possibly Wilderness campaign? Grant, seated with map on his lap, with two staff members, one of them seated.

GLC00559.01

Carte de visite of Ulysses S. Grant

GLC00559.02

to Mary Grant Cramer

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].

GLC00685

Pardon of J.A. de Abora, convicted of violating the "Passenger Act."

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].

GLC00757

[Appointment of Thomas Ward, Captain in the First Regt. Artillery]

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

to Ulysses S. Grant

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

Carte de visite of Ulysses S. Grant

GLC00919.02

[Endorsement on a letter by Governor Pierpont]

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].

GLC00956

Commission for Colon Augur (c/s Wm. Belknap [War])

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

Speeches of General U.S. Grant, Republican candidate for the 18th president of the United States, being extracts from speeches, letters, orders, military and state papers

Speeches by Grant pertain to a variety of subjects such as :The extracts chosen vary in subject. Some of the topics included are acceptance of the Republican nomination, feelings toward enslaved people being aided by the military, Black troops...

GLC01265.29

to Robert N. Johnson

Grant replies to Johnson's letter and encloses his version of an anecdote told by Abraham Lincoln about Alexander Stephens and his overcoat at the Hampton Roads, Virginia Peace Conference. State he will use the anecdote in his memoirs. The story...

GLC01305

to Gustavus Vasa Fox

A telegram in which Grant asks Assistant Secretary of the Navy Fox if he would like to accompany him from Fort Monroe to Fort Fisher. Grant suggests the use of a "Naval Vessel" for the journey. Marked "Cipher." Fort Fisher had been captured on 15...

GLC01554

to Henry T. Tackerman

Badeau thanks Tackerman for his photographs of President Ulysses S. Grant and for a pleasant note Tackerman wrote, and declares that Grant was gratified and appreciative. Letter written on Executive Mansion stationery.

GLC01596.05

to John Thompson Hoffman

President Grant transmits a copy of a treaty (not included) signed 8 May 1871 between the United States and Great Britain to Hoffman, Governor of New York. Informs Hoffman of shared American and British use of waterways, stating that "It is...

GLC01817

[Presidential authority to the Secretaty of State to affix the seal to the pardon of Amos Owens, William Teal, David Collins and William Scruggs].

GLC01949

to Edward Ortho Cresap Ord

Serving as senior aide-de-camp to General-in-Chief Ulysses S. Grant, Comstock authorizes General Ord to move soldiers from Little Rock to Fort Smith, Arkansas. Referring to reconstruction policies, informs Ord that "It is impossible for the General...

GLC01951

Ulysses S. Grant / President of the United States

Possibly an inaugural medal. Sculpted by W. & C. Harris. Paint is slightly worn and there are glue remnants on verso.

GLC02781.02.02