08 July 1863
Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss, 1816-1894
Autograph letter signed
Title: to Ulysses S. Grant
Apparently a telegram. Major General Banks, commander of the Department of the Gulf, sends word to Major General Grant, commander of the Department of the Tennessee, to announce the capture of Port Hudson, Louisiana. This letter marks the advent of unfettered Union control of the Mississippi River. The Vicksburg garrison had surrendered to Grant on July 4, four days prior to this note.
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