Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 to Abraham Lincoln
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00639.09 Author/Creator: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 Place Written: City Point, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: August 24, 1864 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 25 x 20 cm Order a Copy
Grant requests a promotion for Theodore S. Bowers, which Lincoln approves with his own signature. Grant wishes that Bowers be promoted from Lieutenant Colonel in the volunteer army to the Adjutant General's Department in the regular army. For this to be accomplished he must first be promoted to a lower post in the regular army, which Grant requests be done. Lincoln's autograph endorsement on docket reads "Let General Grant be obliged in the matter within," agreeing to the promotion. Also, signed and dated by Lincoln. Docket also includes an autograph signed endorsement discussing this possible promotion, written by Edward D. Townsend of the Adjutant General's Office.
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