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Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 [Promotion request: presumably to Edwin Stanton]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01471 Author/Creator: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 Place Written: Hagerstown, Virginia Type: Endorsement signed Date: 1867/04/19 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 19.5 cm, Width: 16.4 cm Order a Copy

A.N. Preston, acting assistant adjutant general of the District of Mississippi, details his qualifications for promotion; the top portion of his request is missing, so the addressee and date are unknown. Brevet Major General Thomas J. Wood adds his recommendation on January 10, 1867. W. T. Sherman recommends Preston's promotion on January 15. The request is signed and forwarded to the Secretary of War by Grant on April 19, 1867.

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
Wood, Thomas John, 1823-1906
Preston, A.N., fl. 1865-1867

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