Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 to Edward Richard Sprigg Canby
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01555 Author/Creator: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 Place Written: City Point, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: March 9, 1865 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 26 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy
Marked "(Cipher)" at top. In this telegram, Grant criticizes Canby's request for men and material to build 70 miles of railroad, and orders him to "Take Mobile and hold it." He writes, "I expected your movements to have been cooperative with Shermans last. This has now entirely failed. I wrote to you long ago urging you to push forward promptly and to live upon the country and destroy railroads, Machine shops and not to build them." Advises him to take a position where he can be supplied by water and states that "By this means alone you can occupy positions from which the enemy roads in the interior can be kept broken." Verso is marked "copied."
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