Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 General Orders No. 8

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GLC#
GLC00229
Type
Documents
Date
19 June 1861
Author/Creator
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Title
General Orders No. 8
Place Written
Springfield, Illinois
Pagination
1 p. : docket Height: 31 cm, Width: 20 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Order requiring soldiers to have a pass approved by Grant himself if away from camp at night, but no pass at all is required to leave camp during the day. Hopes that his leniency on the latter issue will lead to obedience on the former. Two days earlier Grant had been made a Colonel and put in charge of the Twenty-first Illinois infantry regiment. Grant soon whipped the notoriously rowdy regiment into much better fighting shape. Written at Camp Yates.

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