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U. S. Grant

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U. S. Grant

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Auction Date:2010 Oct 13 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
ALS signed “U. S. Grant, Brig Gen. Com,” one page, 7.5 x 9.75, October 7, 1861. Letter to Capt. [Henry A.] Walke, U.S.N., Comdg Gun boat Tyler. In full: “You will proceed down the river to day with Gun boats Tyler & Lexington for the purpose of disconnecting the position of the enemy as far as practicable. It has been reported to me that the enemy have marked battery some three miles above Columbus on the Kentucky shore. I do not credit the report but it would be advisable to advance cautiously.” Letter has several areas of professional restoration to areas of paper loss and heavy staining, and is in otherwise very good condition, with moderate damp staining to left side, some mild rippling, scattered toning, and professional backing. Grant’s signature and rank are unaffected by any flaws. A month after sending this letter, Grant—along with these same two gunboats—engaged Confederate forces in the general’s first Civil War battle. On November 7, 1861, he learned that Confederate troops had crossed the Mississippi River from Columbus to Belmont, Missouri. The Rebels were ordered to intercept two Union detachments pursuing Confederate Brigadier General M. Jeff Thompson. Grant and his troops landed on the Missouri shore, out of the range of Confederate artillery at Columbus, and marched toward Belmont, where they routed the Rebel forces. The Confederates later launched a counterattack—one quickly broken up by fire from the Tyler and Lexington, which covered the withdrawal of the outnumbered Union forces. The Battle of Belmont increased Grant’s confidence in his own ability to command and his men’s ability to fight the Rebels. It also helped bring him to the attention of President Abraham Lincoln as one of the few Union officers willing to fight. In April 1862, the same two ships would see extensive action with Grant at the Battle of Shiloh.
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