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Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 to Abraham Lincoln

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07084.02 Author/Creator: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 Place Written: City Point, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 13 September 1864 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 20.5 cm, Width: 25.5 cm Order a Copy

Grant, Commander-in-Chief of the United States Army responds to President Lincoln's letter of 12 September (refer to GLC07084.01). Writes "It has been my intention for a week...to see Sheridan and arrange what was necessary to enable him to start Early out of the valley."

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888
Early, Jubal Anderson, 1816-1894

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