Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 to James Birdseye McPherson
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03633 Author/Creator: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 5 July 1863 Pagination: 2 p. ; 25.1 x 20 cm. Order a Copy
Written near Vicksburg, Mississippi at Headquarters of the Department of the Tennessee. Grant, Commander of the Army and Department of the Tennessee, writes to General McPherson, commanding the 17th Corps one day after Vicksburg was seized by the Union. Writes "When families of Officers or Citizens wish to leave the City, either with or after the Confederate Army leaves, and have private carriages of their own they may be permitted to do so..." Directs McPherson to instruct his quartermaster to deliver a horse to Colonel Dockery, because the Colonel's horse was one captured from Champion Hill from Union troops and since reclaimed (possibly referring to Confederate Colonel Tom Pleasant Dockery, who was captured by the Union at Vicksburg).
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