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Collection Reference Number GLC01554
From Archive Folder Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865 
Title Ulysses S. Grant to Gustavus Vasa Fox requesting his presence on a journey
Date 24 January 1865
Author Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) (1822-1885)  
Recipient Fox, Gustavus Vasa  
Document Type Correspondence; Military document
Content Description A telegram in which Grant asks Assistant Secretary of the Navy Fox if he would like to accompany him from Fort Monroe to Fort Fisher. Grant suggests the use of a "Naval Vessel" for the journey. Marked "Cipher." Fort Fisher had been captured on 15 January.
Subjects Codes and Signals  Civil War  Military History  Union Forces  Union General  President  Navy  Confederate States of America  
People Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) (1822-1885)  Fox, Gustavus Vasa (1821-1883)  
Place written City Point, Virginia
Theme The American Civil War; Naval & Maritime
Sub-collection Papers and Images of the American Civil War
Additional Information Gustavus V. Fox was the Assistant Secretary of the Navy.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945
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