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General field orders of Ulysses S. Grant, near Vicksburg :
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Ulysses S. Grant general field orders, near Vicksburg :
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Grant's orders for a general cannonading of Vicksburg, Mississippi, on the following day. Includes instructions for field artillery, siege guns, rifle pits, troops, and corps commanders. Item is undated and incomplete; orders were released as Special Orders No. 165 on June 19, 1863 by Lieutenent Colonel John A. Rawlins, according to Papers of Ulysses S. Grant.
mssHM 21183
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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.
mssHM 21182
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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.
mssHM 23554
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Ulysses S. Grant Special Orders No. 180, Headquarters Department of the Tennessee, near Vicksburg :
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Grant's orders for the Union takeover of Vicksburg, Mississippi following the town's surrender. Includes instructions for Major General Francis J. Herron, Major General John A. Logan, Captain Cyrus B. Comstock, regiments, companies, and the Black male citizens of Vicksburg.
mssHM 21184
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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.
mssHM 23560
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Ulysses S. Grant, Detroit, Michigan, letter to J. Earl, Jr. :
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Sending order for military clothing for soldiers in the 4th Infantry. Letter is addressed to "Mr. Earl"; J. Earl, Jr. identified as presumed addressee in Papers of Ulysses S. Grant.
mssHM 23786