Letter
Ulysses S. Grant to W. L. James, March 17, 1865
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 dispatch.
By command of Lieutenant-General Grant:
JNO. A. RAWLINS,
Brigadier-General and Chief of Staff.
Brigadier-General and Chief of Staff.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Northern Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, Pt. 1. Location: City Point. Summary: Lieutenant-General Grant orders urgent delivery of planks to repair a railroad bridge at White House for military use during the Civil War.
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Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 46, Part 1
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