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- GLC#
- GLC00274
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- June 15, 1864
- Author/Creator
- Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
- Title
- to William Farrar Smith or Benjamin Franklin Butler
- Place Written
- City Point, Virginia
- Pagination
- 2 p. : Height: 20.5 cm, Width: 25.1 cm
- Language
- English
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Grant, Commander in Chief of the United States Army, informs Major General Butler or Smith that the 2nd Corps (28,000 soldiers) was directed to march toward Petersburg. He has not heard news of the expedition, but can still hear firing in the direction of Petersburg, Virginia. He states that if Butler or Smith require the 2nd Corps, they should send notice to General Winfield Scott Hancock under cover to General John Gibbon. Written in pencil on Headquarters, Armies of the United States stationery.
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