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Grant, Julia D., 1826-1902 to Elihu B. Washburne

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02811 Author/Creator: Grant, Julia D., 1826-1902 Place Written: Covington, Kentucky Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 16 May 1862 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; 20.5 x 13 cm Order a Copy

Thanks Congressman Washburne deeply for defending her husband, Ulysses Grant, against attacks in Congress after the Battle of Shiloh. In a postscript, she asks him to send her a few copies of the speech he made before the House of Representatives.

Grant, Julia Dent, 1826-1902
Washburne, E. B. (Elihu Benjamin), 1816-1887
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
First Lady
Battle of Shiloh
Woman Author
Civil War
Union Forces
Union General
Battle
Congress
Women's History
The American Civil War

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