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- GLC#
- GLC03312
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 8 May 1863
- Author/Creator
- Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
- Title
- to William T. Sherman
- Place Written
- Rocky Springs, Mississippi
- Pagination
- 2 p. : docket ; Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
General Grant, Commander of the Army and Department of the Tennessee, writes to General Sherman, Commander of the Fifteenth Corps, Army of the Tennessee. Discusses the safety of supply trains. Reports that he will send Captain William Silliman Hillyer to load wagons and transport them to Sherman so Sherman's brigade can escort them to their destination. Includes an initialled post script.
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