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Prentiss, Benjamin Mayberry, 1819-1901 to Leonard Fulton Ross

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02461.27 Author/Creator: Prentiss, Benjamin Mayberry, 1819-1901 Place Written: Helena, Arkansas Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 8 March 1863 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 24.9 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

General Prentiss, Union Commander of the District of East Arkansas, replies to correspondence from General Ross (possibly Leonard Fulton Ross, commander of a post in Helena). States "I will endeavor to keep up communication with you and have sent Boats for that purpose." Referring to General Ulysses S. Grant, writes "Your additional rations go forward today, I learn it is Genl Grants intention to send more Troops through the Pass, trusting I may hear from you often and that you may be successfull. I bid you God Speed- I send you some late papers."

Prentiss, Benjamin Mayberry, 1819-1901
Ross, Leonard Fulton, 1823-1901
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

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