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Ulysses S. Grant, near Vicksburg, letter to Major General Henry W. Halleck :
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Ulysses S. Grant, near Vicksburg, letter to Major General Nathaniel P. Banks :
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Inquiring on the situation at Port Hudson, Louisiana; reports on situation at Vicksburg, Mississippi, will send troops if siege is successful. Docket, not in Grant's hand.
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Ulysses S. Grant general field orders, near Vicksburg :
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Grant's orders for a general cannonading of Vicksburg, Mississippi, on the following day. Includes instructions for field artillery, siege guns, rifle pits, troops, and corps commanders. Item is undated and incomplete; orders were released as Special Orders No. 165 on June 19, 1863 by Lieutenent Colonel John A. Rawlins, according to Papers of Ulysses S. Grant.
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Ulysses S. Grant, Vicksburg, telegram to Major General Henry W. Halleck :
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Grant informs Halleck of a dispatch from General Nathaniel P. Banks, 1863 July 8, before Port Hudson, Louisiana; Banks reports that Port Hudson has surrendered and Mississippi River is now opened.
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General field orders of Ulysses S. Grant, near Vicksburg :
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Orders regarding plans for an attack scheduled for the following day on Vicksburg, Mississippi; includes plans for infantry, artillery, and skirmishers. Item is undated and incomplete; in pencil. Date provided by Papers of Ulysses S. Grant.
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Ulysses S. Grant Special Orders No. 180, Headquarters Department of the Tennessee, near Vicksburg :
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Grant's orders for the Union takeover of Vicksburg, Mississippi following the town's surrender. Includes instructions for Major General Francis J. Herron, Major General John A. Logan, Captain Cyrus B. Comstock, regiments, companies, and the Black male citizens of Vicksburg.
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Ulysses S. Grant, before Vicksburg, letter to Major General Nathaniel P. Banks, Port Hudson, Louisiana :
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Regarding the desire to take possession of Port Hudson, Louisiana, the canal being constructed at Vicksburg, efforts to take possession of the Yazoo River, and possible attack on Hain's Bluff. Letter dated March 23, probably misdated (see Papers of Ulysses S. Grant). Has docket, not in Grant's hand.
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