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PROPERTY FROM THE FORBES COLLECTION
GRANT, Ulysses S. (1822-1885). Autograph letter signed ("U. S. Grant") to Gen. George Thomas (1816-1870), Headquarters, Cairo, Illinois, 14 September 1861. 1 page, 4to, two very small closed tears at creases repaired on verso.
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GRANT, Ulysses S. (1822-1885). Autograph letter signed ("U. S. Grant") to Gen. George Thomas (1816-1870), Headquarters, Cairo, Illinois, 14 September 1861. 1 page, 4to, two very small closed tears at creases repaired on verso.
"I HAVE TAKEN THE PROSCRIBED OATH..." GRANT MAKES IT OFFICIAL, BECOMING A BRIGADIER GENERAL
"In accordance," writes Grant, "with your instructions on the 22d of August, received but a few days ago, I have taken the prescribed oath and enclose it herewith properly authenticated. Under the same instruction I also have the honor to inform you that my age is thirty-nine years & four months, was born in Ohio, residence Galena, Ill." So begins Grant's march up the promotional ladder. He rushed to rejoin the Army after Sumter, and found himself the only man at the Galena, Illinois recruiting meeting with any military experience: "I never went into our leather store after that meeting," Grant wrote in his Memoirs, "to put up a package or do other business."Grant thought in view of his age and experience, he was "competent to command a regiment, if the President, in his judgment, should see fit to intrust one to me" (Memoirs, 158). Lincoln, in time, intrusted him with the whole Army.
"I HAVE TAKEN THE PROSCRIBED OATH..." GRANT MAKES IT OFFICIAL, BECOMING A BRIGADIER GENERAL
"In accordance," writes Grant, "with your instructions on the 22d of August, received but a few days ago, I have taken the prescribed oath and enclose it herewith properly authenticated. Under the same instruction I also have the honor to inform you that my age is thirty-nine years & four months, was born in Ohio, residence Galena, Ill." So begins Grant's march up the promotional ladder. He rushed to rejoin the Army after Sumter, and found himself the only man at the Galena, Illinois recruiting meeting with any military experience: "I never went into our leather store after that meeting," Grant wrote in his Memoirs, "to put up a package or do other business."Grant thought in view of his age and experience, he was "competent to command a regiment, if the President, in his judgment, should see fit to intrust one to me" (Memoirs, 158). Lincoln, in time, intrusted him with the whole Army.