Summer Premier Auction 2014
Wed, Aug 6, 2014 08:00PM EDT - Sun, Aug 24, 2014 11:00AM EDT
Timed Auction
Lot 843
DECEMBER 2, 1864 ULYSSES S. GRANT AUTOGRAPHED HANDWRITTEN LETTER (CIVIL WAR CONTENT)
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Description: Grant Ulysses. Autograph letter signed 1 page (8.75 x 7.75 in.; 222 x 197 mm). City Point Virginia 2 December 1864. Written to Maj. Gen. Halleck Chief of Staff; a few marginal tears.
Highly important civil war directive from General Grant after Hood's defeat at the Battle of Franklin (and just two weeks before Hood's defeat at Nashville).
Grant writes in full: Is it not possible now to send reinforcements to Thomas from Hooker's Dept.? If there are new troops organized State Militia or anything that can go now is the time to annihilate Hood's Army. Gov. Bramlett might put from five to ten thousand horsemen into the field to serve only to the end of the campaign. I believe if he was asked he would do so.
U.S. Grant Lt. Gen.
With the fall of Atlanta (1 September) Hood devised a plan to divide Sherman s army with the hope that he could defeat Sherman in the mountains. Sherman countered by detaching both Thomas and John McAllister Schofield (1831-1906) in command of the Army of the Ohio against Hood who was outnumbered. Forced to abandon his campaign against Sherman Hood instead launched operations against Thomas and Schofield in Tennessee hoping to take that key Union base as well as reinforce Lee in Virginia. He suffered heavy defeats at Franklin (30 November) and Nashville (15-16 December).
An important Civil War letter showing Grant s overall philosophy of taking the battle decisively to the enemy and a clear understanding of the opportunity that had presented itself. With the defeat of Hood the Army of Tennessee ceased to be a threat to the Union.
Letter is included in a specially designed hardbound book complete with black-and-white photo of Ulysses S. Grant on the inside cover.
Full LOA from PSA/DNA
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