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Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 Letter from the Secretary of War ad interim, transmitting a statement of the accounts of the Colorado militia for 1864 and 1865

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00267.244 Author/Creator: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Pamphlet Date: December 3, 1867 Pagination: 1 v. : 23 p. : Height: 22.7 cm, Width: 14.5 cm Order a Copy

Report of the expenditures of the Colorado militia from 1864-1865 compiled by Grant as Secretary of War ad interim for the House of Representatives. Pages 1-14 of report consists of correspondence between assistant adjutant generals in the Colorado militia, including E.D. Townsend and Thomas M. Vincent, to the War Department. Pages 15-23 consists of charts of expenditures by the militia in 1864-1865. Dated from the day the report was "referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed." Cover seems to to missing, or pages were pulled from a larger book.

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

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