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Johnson, Andrew (1808-1875) To: Ulysses S. Grant

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07996 Author/Creator: Johnson, Andrew (1808-1875) Place Written: Washington D.C. [Executive Mansion] Type: Letter signed Date: 1868/02/12 Pagination: 1 p. 25 cm x 19.8 cm Order a Copy

Directing Grant to issue an order creating the Military Division of the Atlantic, to be commanded by William T. Sherman. (12 days before impeachment)

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891

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