Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th president of the United States, serving from 1869 to 1877. Earlier, he was the Commanding General of the Union Army, leading it to victory in the American Civil War in 1865.
October 5, 1862. -Jackson, October 5, 1862. Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLECKE, General-in-Chief, Washington, D. O.: GENERAL: I deem it a matter of great importance in this district to have…
La Grange, Tenn., November 6, 1862. Maj. Gen. WILLIAM T. SHERMAN, Commanding District of Memphis, Memphis, Tenn. : A dispatch just received from General Halleck promises me re-enforce. ments to…
Memphis, Tenn., January 20, 1863. Brig. Gen. C. S. HAMILTON, Commanding District of West Tennessee : GENERAL: Complaints have come in from Somerville from the few Union men of the…
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE TENNESSEE, January 22, 1863. No. 22. } Memphis, Tenn., January 22, 1863. * * * * * * 2 X. V. In pursuance…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE TENNESSEE, Vicksburg, Miss., August 11, 1863. GENERAL: Please send the companies of the Engineer Regiment of the West, now serving in your command, to this place…
QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL’S OFFICE, Washington City, August 17, 1863. Assistant Quartermaster, Louisville, Ky. : Report the number of horses and mules forwarded to General Rosecrans’ army or issued to his troops since…
South Bank Cumberland South Bank Cumberland, August 22, 1863. General BURNSIDE : Arrived here about 3 o’clock. Never saw such bad roads. The division stopped on north side. It made…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE TENNESSEE, Vicksburg, Miss., September 2, 1863. Respectfully referred to Major-General Hurlbut, who will please answer General Rosecrans if there are any locomotives in his command that…
SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES, June 27, 1864. No. 43. City Point, June 27, 1864. In all siege operations about Petersburg, south of the Appomattox, have general…
HEADQUARTERS ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES, City Point, July 24, 1864. Major-General MEADE, Commanding Army of the Potomac: GENERAL: Your note, brought by Colonel Comstock, is received. It will be…
HEADQUARTERS ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES, City Point, Va., July 29, 1864. Maj. Gen. GEORGE G. MEADE, Commanding Army of the Potomac: GENERAL: I have directed General Butler to order…
HEADQUARTERS ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES, City Point, Va., August 22, 1864. Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLECK, Chief of Staff of the Army: GENERAL: Inclosed herewith I send you reports…
HEADQUARTERS SIEGE TRAIN AND SIEGE ARTILLERY, Broadway Landing, Va., December 5, 1864. GENERAL : On June 14 the Eighteenth Corps, under Major-General Smith, arrived i advance of the Army of…
Richmond, Va. Richmond, Va., January 14, 1865. General D. H. Maury, Mobile, Ala. : General U. S. Grant notifies Col. Robert Ould that vessel has been waiting in Mobile Bay…
City Point, Va., January 15, 1865. Col. JOHN E. MULFORD, Assistant Agent of Exchange: COLONEL: The letter of Judge Robert Ould, agent of exchange of Confederate States, of date Richmond,…
Richmond Richmond, February 4, 1865. General Beauregard advises that the prisoners at Florence shall be removed to Southwest Georgia. While the Department is inclined to adopt his views they are…
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES, March 16, 1865. No. 52. City Point, Va., March 16, 1865. * * * * * * * I. I. The…
City Point City Point, March 17, 1865. Chief Quartermaster, Fort Monroe: Please send the plank to plank the railroad bridge required by Colonel Babcock to White House with all possible…
City Point, V. A. City Point, V. A., March 18, 1865. Hon. C. A. DANA, Assistant Secretary of War: Dispatches from White House up to 12 m. announce the arrival…
HEADQUARTERS MIDDLE MILITARY DIVISION, March 18, 1865. March 18, 1865. General J. D. STEVENSON, Harper’s Ferry: By what authority is Colonel Reno absent? The movement vontemplated is necessarily suspended. Have…
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES, March 22, 1865. No. 57. City Point, Va., March 22, 1865. I. V. The Twenty-eighth Regiment U.S. Colored Troops is relieved…
City Point City Point, March 22, 1865. Maj. Gen. W. S. HANCOCK, Winchester, Va. : Under Special Orders, No. 48, you will under no circumstances permit family supplies to go…
HEADQUARTERS MIDDLE MILITARY DIVISION, March 22, 1865. March 22, 1865. Brigadier-General TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General, War Department : I do not exactly understand your dispatch. The order for General Crook to…
SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES, March 23, 1865. No. 58, City Point, Va., March 23, 1865. * * * * * * * Il. Brig. Gen. C.…