- GLC#
- GLC05456
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- December 30, 1864
- Author/Creator
- Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
- Title
- to Benjamin F. Butler
- Place Written
- City Point, Virginia
- Pagination
- 1 p. : Height: 27.7 cm, Width: 19.8 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Arranging for a courier to deliver a sealed letter to "a Commissioned Confederate officer," who will pass it on to Jefferson Davis. The sealed letter requested a meeting with Davis to negotiate peace, and is possibly related to the Hampton Roads Conference.
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