Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 to Officers Commanding Troops in Southern States
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02306 Author/Creator: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Autograph document signed Date: 20 March 1866 Pagination: 1 p. : envelope Height: 26 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy
Instructs troops in Southern States to welcome historian Benson J. Lossing. Lossing was visiting the South for the purpose of "seeing different battle fields and [illustrating] them for the benefit of the future reader of the scenes though which this country has passed." States that favors granted to Lossing will be appreciated by Lossing and himself. With original official envelope on which Grant has penned "Introducing Mr. B.F. Lossing Historian".
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