ALS with endorsements [decimalized]

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 ALS with endorsements [decimalized]

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GLC#
GLC00255
Type
Header Record
Date
1862-1863
Author/Creator
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Title
ALS with endorsements [decimalized]
Place Written
Various Places
Pagination
3 items
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Civil War
Union Forces
Union General
Confederate General or Leader
Health and Medical
Military History
President

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GLC00255.01
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Henry S. Hewit

February 24, 1862

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

Ulysses S. Grant orders Hewit to visit hospitals and gather information to "complete your report of the battle of Fort Henry & Donelson." He commends Hewit for his "prompt and efficient manner." Docketed in pencil. Written at Fort Donelson

GLC00255.01
Collection Item
Autograph endorsement signed

[Grant's endorsement on docket of an autograph letter signed from Henry S. Hewit to John A. Rawlins]

circa March 1862

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

In his letter to Rawlins, Hewit requests the use of a steam boat as a hospital, and requests that no transfers of sick men be made at this time. The letter is dated 20 March 1862. Grant's undated docket reads "Surgeon Hewit, Medical Director, will...

GLC00255.02
GLC00255.03
Collection Item
Autograph endorsement signed

to John Aaron Rawlins

25 April 1863

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

Written at Smith's Plantation, Headquarters of the Department of the Tennessee, to Colonel Rawlins, General Grant's aide-de-camp and assistant adjutant. J. H. [Hewit?], possibly a Secretary of the United States Volunteers, states "it is a matter of...

GLC00255.03