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Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 to William Farrar Smith

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00275 Author/Creator: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 Place Written: Petersburg, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: June 16, 1864 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 17 cm, Width: 9.5 cm Order a Copy

Written in pencil near Petersburg, Virginia. Grant, Commander in Chief of the United States Army instructs Smith to push the reconnaissance in the front to attempt to ascertain a point from which to advance against Petersburg in the evening. He writes "Make all preliminary preparations for such an advance if ordered and at some time hold all your forces not necessary for holding your present line ready to reinforce the left in case of an attack from that direction." He instructs that in the absence of himself or General George Gordon Meade, that General Winfield Scott Hancock will have command of all the troops near Petersburg. Written on Headquarters, Army of the Potomac stationery.

Smith, William Farrar, 1824-1903
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Meade, George Gordon, 1815-1872
Hancock, Winfield Scott, 1824-1886

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