Manuscripts

Ulysses S. Grant, Dabney's Mills, Virginia, telegram to Major General George Gordon Meade :

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Description: Sending reports of positions and movements of military personnel during the Appomattox Campaign, including Brigadier General Ranald S. Mackenzie and Major General Philip Henry Sheridan; sending instructions for Brigadier General Nelson A. Miles. In pencil.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1865 April 1.
Call number: mssHM 21708
Creator: Grant, Ulysses S (1822-1885)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Anderson Galleries, H.V. Jones collection, Lot 262, November 20, 1916.
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Associated people: Meade, George Gordon, (1815-1872,)
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