Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss, 1816-1894 to Ulysses S. Grant

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GLC#
GLC03374
Type
Letters
Date
08 July 1863
Author/Creator
Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss, 1816-1894
Title
to Ulysses S. Grant
Place Written
Port Hudson, Louisiana
Pagination
1 p. : Height: 32 cm, Width: 21 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Apparently a telegram. Major General Banks, commander of the Department of the Gulf, sends word to Major General Grant, commander of the Department of the Tennessee, to announce the capture of Port Hudson, Louisiana. This letter marks the advent of unfettered Union control of the Mississippi River. The Vicksburg garrison had surrendered to Grant on July 4, four days prior to this note.

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