McDowell, Irvin (1818-1885) to [John Sherman?]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02230 Author/Creator: McDowell, Irvin (1818-1885) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 24 May 1861 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 21.7 x 25.7 cm. Order a Copy
General McDowell introduces an officer. The Seller's Description states that this letter was "from a small collection of correspondence addressed to John Sherman, who had just become a U.S. Senator from Ohio at this date." Says "Permit me to introduce Captain R. S. Granger ... The Captain is in a position to need your aid, and as his case is a very important one as involving a great principle and as bearing on the way existing hostilities are to be prosecuted, I have assumed you might find it of sufficient interest to claim your consideration."
Granger was appointed Brigadier General, United States Army, 13 March 1865. Sherman served as a United States Senator from Ohio 1861-1877 and 1881-1897. McDowell became Brigadier General 14 May 1862.
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