Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 to Henry Stewart Hewit
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00364 Author/Creator: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 Place Written: City Point, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: August 10, 1864 Pagination: 3 p. : envelope ; 20.5 x 25.3 cm. Order a Copy
Grant, commander-in-chief of the United States Army, writes to Hewit (sometimes Hewitt), a surgeon and medical director on his staff. Agrees to help Hewit's son secure an appointment to West Point Military Academy for the following year. Grant speaks of his great respect for Sherman, McPherson and the Atlanta campaign. States that the campaign Hewit has been engaged in "is a remarkable, and to this point, most successful one. Sherman is one of the very few men, if not the only man, who could have conducted it. I have always felt in Sherman and McPherson a confidence that I could put in but few men. They have been free from personal ambition at the expense of others. They have been truly zealous in the performance of their duties and truly great in their intelligence and military skill." Written on Head Quarters, Armies of the United States stationery.
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