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U. S. Grant

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U. S. Grant

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Auction Date:2010 Nov 10 @ 19:00 (UTC-5 : 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
War-dated ALS signed “U. S. Grant, Maj. Gen.,” one page, 7.5 x 9.25, February 28, 1864. Grant writes from Nashville to Brig. Gen. R[obert] Allen in Louisville. In full: “It will be impossible probably to supply the number of Artillery & Calvary horses called for within this Military Division but I would suggest that now all on hand be forwarded as rapidly as possible to this place and others be procured and forwarded as fast as they can be purchased. I will order this distribution from here.” The letter bears several marginal pencil calculations and a stray pencil mark to text, evidently made by a telegraph operator who transmitted the message. Cloth matted and framed with a portrait engraving and engraved plaque to an overall size of 25.5 x 20.75. Light intersecting folds (vertical fold to last name), and a trace of mild handling wear, otherwise fine condition

From his headquarters in Louisville, Kentucky, Allen was responsible for supervising Union supplies for all the region's major campaigns of the Civil, including those fought at Vicksburg and Atlanta. His efficiency in large scale logistics ensured that troops under his purview were much better equipped and fed than their Confederate opponents. True to that duty, Allen had requested reinforcements of his superior, Grant, who here makes a counteroffer. Interestingly, Grant’s message was sent just one day before President Abraham Lincoln nominated him to the newly created rank of lieutenant general—a promotion quickly confirmed by the US Congress. Excellent Civil War-dated Union content. Oversized.
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