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Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 To: Ambrose Burnside

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07994 Author/Creator: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 Place Written: Chatanooga, TN Type: Letter signed Date: 1863/11/29 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 24.9 cm, Width: 19.8 cm Order a Copy

Praising Burnside and offering support in defense of Knoxville: "Do not be forced into a surrender by short rations. Take all the citizens have to enable you to hold out a few days longer. As soon as you are relieved from the presence of the enemy you can replace..everyhing taken from them..."

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Burnside, Ambrose Everett, 1824-1881

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