Manuscripts

Grant to Major General Benjamin F. Butler, New York

Description: Dated noon. (1 page)
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1864 November 12
Call number: HM 3427
Creator: Grant, Ulysses S (1822-1885)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from William Bixby, 1918. William K. Bixby purchased various parts of the collection from 1904 to 1914 from S.H. Beckwith, Grant's secret cipher operator, and from the sons of Colonel George K. Leet, who was a member of Grant's staff.
Associated people: Butler, Benjamin F. (1818-1893,); Halleck, H. W. (1815-1872,); Lincoln, Abraham, (1809-1865,); Meade, George Gordon, (1815-1872,); Sheridan, Philip Henry, (1831-1888,); Sherman, William T. (1820-1891,); Stanton, Edwin M. (1814-1869,)
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