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Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 to George G. Meade

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03470 Author/Creator: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 Place Written: City Point, Virginia Type: Autograph document signed Date: 24 October 1864 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 14.5 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

Ordering Meade to send "one of your reduced regular regiments to New York City to report to General Dix for duty."

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Meade, George Gordon, 1815-1872
Dix, John Adams, 1798-1879

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