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A note from Ulysses S. Grant accompanied by a brief description [Decimalized .01-.02]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05485.02 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Header Record Date: circa 1885 Pagination: 2 items Order a Copy

Eaton served as chaplain to the Ohio Volunteer Infantry, colonel of the 63rd United States Colored Infantry Regiment, and superintendent in charge of freedmen, based on Grant's appointment.

Eaton, John, 1829-1906
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Newman, D. L., fl. 1885

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