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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03690 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 |
| Title | Leonidas Polk to Ulysses S. Grant |
| Date | 22 February 1862 |
| Author | Polk, Leonidas (1806-1864) |
| Recipient | Grant, Ulysses S. |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Military document |
| Content Description | Polk, Confederate Major General Commanding, writes to Union General Grant requesting that families of officers captured at Fort Donelson, including General Simon Buckner be allowed to visit. Mentions that the Confederate forces allowed the families of Union officers to visit after the Battle of Belmont. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union General Union Forces Confederate States of America Confederate General or Leader Prisoner of War Children and Family Battle |
| People | Polk, Leonidas (1806-1864) Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) (1822-1885) Buckner, Simon Bolivar (1823-1914) |
| Place written | Columbus, Kentucky |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Children & Family |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Theater of War | Main Western Theater |