Letter

[In cipher.—Time received, 9.50 p.m.], January 17, 1866—6.30 p. m.

Author

SHERIDAN, Major General, &c

Date

January 17, 1866

Type

Letter

Language

English

[In cipher.—Time received, 9.50 p.m.]

Office United States Military Telegraph, War Department, New Orleans, La., January 17, 1866—6.30 p. m.

Lieutenant General U. S. Grant., Commanding armies United States:

I have directed General Wright to go at once to the Rio Grande to examine into the condition of affairs there and break up the fillibustering parties there, who are giving us much annoyance. I will probably go there myself in a day or two. Meantime but little credence should be given to published exaggerations in the newspapers.

P. H. SHERIDAN, Major General, &c.

Topics

19th Century Diplomacy Reconstruction

Sources

FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session of the Thirty View original source ↗

U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session of the Thirty.