Meade, George Gordon, 1815-1872 to Ulysses S. Grant
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03549 Author/Creator: Meade, George Gordon, 1815-1872 Place Written: Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 25 March 1865 Pagination: 2 p. ; 20 x 13 cm. Order a Copy
Major General Meade writes to Lieutenant General Grant to report on a unsuccessful Confederate attacks on Fort Stedman, the repulse of the enemy, and subsequent movements of Union forces under Generals Parke, Wright, and Humphreys. Written a few weeks before Lee's surrender.
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