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Reprinted in Frank Moore, ed., The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives, Illustrative Incidents, Poetry, Etc. (New York: G.P.Putnam, 1861), III: 285-286.
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John Osborne
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The following text is presented here in complete form, as it originally appeared in print. Spelling and typographical errors have been preserved as in the original.
Head-Quarters District S.E. Mo.,
Cairo, November 8,1861.
The General commanding this military district returns his thanks to the troops under his command at the battle of Belmont on yesterday.
It has been his fortune to have been in all the battles fought in Mexico by Generals Scott and Taylor save Buena Vista, and he never saw one more hotly contested or where troops behaved with more gallantry.
Such courage will insure victory wherever our flag may be borne and protected by such a class of men.
To the brave men who fell the sympathy of the country is due, and will be manifested in a manner unmistakable.
U. S. Grant,
Brigadier-General Commanding.
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