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Ulysses S. Grant letter to Rear Admiral David G. Farragut :

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Description
Regarding new passage from Mississippi River to Bayou Macon, allowing water access to the Red River. Is awaiting delivery of river steamers, could possibly send a force of 20,000 to assist General Nathaniel Banks at Port Hudson.
Type
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Production date
1863 March 23.
Call number
mssHM 23553
Creator
Grant, Ulysses S (1822-1885)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Purchased from George D. Smith (Coggeshall sale, part 1), April 1916.
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Associated people
Farragut, David Glasgow, (1801-1870,)
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