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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02152 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 |
| Title | Ulysses S. Grant to William Hoffman about exchanging a Union prisoner |
| Date | 22 July 1862 |
| Author | Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) (1822-1885) |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Military document |
| Content Description | Writes to Colonel Hoffman about exchanging a Union prisoner, Lieutenant Adjutant D.T. Bowler of the 7th Iowa volunteers (the bearer of the letter) for a Confederate prisoner Lieutenant George T. Moorman held at Chicago. States that Bowler is on parole pending the release of Moorman, who should be send to the South by way of Memphis. Addresses Hoffman as the Superintendent of Prisoners of War. |
| Subjects | Union General President Civil War Military History Union Forces Prisoner of War Confederate States of America Parole |
| People | Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) (1822-1885) Hoffman, William (1807-1884) Bowler, D.T. (fl. 1862) Moorman, George T. (fl. 1862) |
| Place written | Corinth, Tennessee |
| Theme | The American Civil War; The Presidency |
| 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: Unit | 7th Iowa Volunteers |