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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC07084.02 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 |
| Title | Ulysses S. Grant to Abraham Lincoln regarding tactics relating to a valley campaign |
| Date | 13 September 1864 |
| Author | Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) (1822-1885) |
| Recipient | Lincoln, Abraham |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Grant, Commander-in-Chief of the United States Army, responds to President Lincoln's letter of 12 September (refer to GLC07084.01). Writes "It has been my intention for a week...to see Sheridan and arrange what was necessary to enable him to start Early out of the valley." |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union General Union Forces Confederate General or Leader Confederate States of America President |
| People | Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) (1822-1885) Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Sheridan, Philip Henry (1831-1888) Early, Jubal (1816-1894) |
| Place written | City Point, Virginia |
| Theme | The American Civil War; The Presidency |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | General Philip Henry Sheridan led the Valley Campaign in Virginia against Confederate General Jubal Anderson Early August-October 1864. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
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