Letter
Theodore Read to R. M. Wesv, March 17, 1865
Before Richmond, Va. Before Richmond, Va., March 17, 1865. Col. R. M. WEsv, Commanding Cavalry Division : COLONEL: You can carry out your plan proposed of crossing the White Oak…
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Letters from Theodore Read
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. was the 26th president of the United States, serving from 1901 to 1909. Previously serving six months as vice president under William McKinley, Roosevelt became president after McKinley's assassination in 1901. He was 42 years old upon his first inauguration, making him the youngest person to hold the office.
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Theodore Read to Alexander S. Webb, March 22, 1865
HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY DIVISION, March 22, 1865. March 22, 1865. Major-General WEBB: A scouting party on the Jerusalem plank road was yesterday ambuseaded by some guerrillas, and lost 3 men killed…
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Theodore Read to Ulysses S. Grant, March 23, 1865
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE JAMES, March 23, 1865. March 23, 1865. (Received 9.45 p. m.) Lieutenant-General GRANT: The fires which you see are the woods burning inside my lines. I…
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Theodore Read to Ulysses S. Grant, March 24, 1865
HEADQUARTERS TWENTY-FOURTH ARMY CORPS, March 24, 1865. ; March 24, 1865. Lieutenant-General GRANT, City Point: I received information to-day that a staff officer of C. M. Wilcox was in High…
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Theodore Read to Lieutenant-Colonel READ, March 24, 1865
HEADQUARTERS OAVALRY, March 24, 1865. March 24, 1865. Lieutenant-Colonel READ, Assistant Adjutant-General: Has the general commanding any further instructions to give me with regard to the cavalry expedition other than…