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Ulysses S. Grant, Detroit, Michigan, letter to J. Earl, Jr. :
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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.
mssHM 21181
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Ulysses S. Grant account book :
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Accounts kept by Ulysses S. Grant while a cadet at West Point in a printed, leather-bound cadet account ledger. Columns are for Store Keeper, Taylor, Shoe Maker, Barber, Post Master, Damages U.S., Subscriptions, Cash, and Total Amount. Most ledger entries fill the Store Keeper column and list Grant's purchases and expenses for clothing, various supplies, books, and a subscription to the Philadelphia Saturday Courier. There are remarks by Grant's instructors, for example the entry dated July 1842 "The Balance due by Cadet Grant is too great to admit of any increase." Also included is a loose note titled "Memoranda for Mr. Childe" and signed Edward C. Boynton (3 pages) and two loose notes in pencil regarding "furlough clothing" issued "to Cadet Grant when he visited his home in 1841" and his "indebtedness" being "two great to allow him anything but the strictly necessary articles for daily use." End pages contain several signatures.
mssHM 975
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Ulysses S. Grant, City Point, Virginia, telegram to Major General George Gordon Meade :
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Grant is sending instructions for the 2nd Calvary Division and reporting news from Colonel George H. Sharp in Richmond regarding Confederate General Jubal Early and the possibilites of an attack by General Robert E. Lee. Grant states that the present policy is to ready for an attack.
mssHM 20986
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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.
mssHM 21183
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Ulysses S. Grant, Columbia Barracks, Washington Territory, letter to Major Osborne Cross, San Francisco :
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Grant is sending report on barracks activities; includes information about repairs to buildings; personnel expenses; transportation available; lumber, stores, and materials purchased; disbursements; crops and trees; and activity of local Native Americans.
mssHM 23787
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Ulysses S. Grant, London, letter to Ulysses S. Grant, Jr. :
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Regarding his European trip, itinerary; reports on letters received, requests to send regards to various individuals.
mssHM 24714