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Ulysses S. Grant, Vicksburg, telegram to Major General Henry W. Halleck :
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Ulysses S. Grant, City Point, Virginia, telegram to Major General Henry Halleck :
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Grant reports that a dispatch from Nashville shows enemy scattered, but no attack has yet been made by Major General George H. Thomas. He requests Halleck to relieve Thomas and place John M. Schofield in command.
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Ulysses S. Grant, near Vicksburg, letter to Major General Henry W. Halleck :
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Grant reports on initial events and current status of the siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi; offers predictions of length of siege. Includes added autograph note by Francis E. Lovejoy.
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Ulysses S. Grant, near Vicksburg, letter to Major General Nathaniel P. Banks :
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Inquiring on the situation at Port Hudson, Louisiana; reports on situation at Vicksburg, Mississippi, will send troops if siege is successful. Docket, not in Grant's hand.
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Ulysses S. Grant letter to Rear Admiral David G. Farragut :
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Regarding new passage from Mississippi River to Bayou Macon, allowing water access to the Red River. Is awaiting delivery of river steamers, could possibly send a force of 20,000 to assist General Nathaniel Banks at Port Hudson.
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Ulysses S. Grant, Vicksburg, letter to Brigadier General Charles P. Stone :
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Regarding mail and telegraph operations; requests Stone inform Major General Nathaniel Banks that he can not supply transports with promptness. Also discusses General William T. Sherman's operations in MIssissippi and the situation in Jackson.
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Ulysses S. Grant, before Vicksburg, letter to Major General Nathaniel P. Banks, Port Hudson, Louisiana :
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Regarding the desire to take possession of Port Hudson, Louisiana, the canal being constructed at Vicksburg, efforts to take possession of the Yazoo River, and possible attack on Hain's Bluff. Letter dated March 23, probably misdated (see Papers of Ulysses S. Grant). Has docket, not in Grant's hand.
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