GRANT, Ulysses S. President. ALS ("U.S. Grant"), as Lt. General, to General E.O.C. Ord, Headquarters, City Point, Virginia, 22 December 1864. 1 page, 8 o . "Commander of the French Navy goes up the river to meet the subjects of his nation who are expected today. If they have not yet arrived you will please give him an opportunity of communicating with the French counsel at Richmond." -- Manuscript letter copy from Grant to Stanton, in pencil, 3pp., 8 o , 23 January 1865. "Let North Carolina do her duty and all will be well. For Gods sake let the legislature come up to the crises - Don't despair of the Republic. Persons who left Wilmington on Wednesday say that our forces had fallen back within eight miles of the town and that Gen. Terry had demanded a surrender giving Gen. Bragg until yesterday to decide what he would do." -- 4 manuscript telegrams from Grant to Ord. (2)
GRANT, Ulysses S. President. ALS ("U.S. Grant"), as Lt. General, to General E.O.C. Ord, Headquarters, City Point, Virginia, 22 December 1864. 1 page, 8 o . "Commander of the French Navy goes up the river to meet the subjects of his nation who are expected today. If they have not yet arrived you will please give him an opportunity of communicating with the French counsel at Richmond." -- Manuscript letter copy from Grant to Stanton, in pencil, 3pp., 8 o , 23 January 1865. "Let North Carolina do her duty and all will be well. For Gods sake let the legislature come up to the crises - Don't despair of the Republic. Persons who left Wilmington on Wednesday say that our forces had fallen back within eight miles of the town and that Gen. Terry had demanded a surrender giving Gen. Bragg until yesterday to decide what he would do." -- 4 manuscript telegrams from Grant to Ord. (2)
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