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Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 to Edward Otho Cresap Ord

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06394 Author/Creator: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 Place Written: City Point, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 12 December 1864 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 14.5 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Grant, Commander-in-Chief of the United States Army, instructs General Ord to "Please telegraph any news from Sherman the Richmond papers of to-day may contain." Written on Head-Quarters, Armies of the United States stationery. Contains a handwritten "W" on verso. Probably a telegram.

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Ord, Edward Otho Cresap, 1818-1883
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891

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