Letters from > U. S. Grant

> U. S. Grant to Brigadier- General. Commanding, December 18, 1861

Cairo, December 18, 1861. Capt. J. C. KELTON, ` 4 Asst. Adjt. Gen., Dept. of the Missouri, Saint Louis, Mo.: CAPTAIN: A man sent by me to Columbus, Ky., and…