Record Data
Source citation
Ulysses S. Grant, John Y. Simon (ed.), The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant: Volume 13, November 16, 1864-February 20, 1865 (Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois Press, 1967), 281.
Type
Letter
Date Certainty
Exact
Transcriber
Adapted by John Osborne, Dickinson College
Transcription date
Letter: In Response To
Transcription
The following transcript has been adapted from the Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress.
Annapolis Junction MD.
Jan.y 21st 1865
A. LINCOLN PRESIDENT,
Sir;
Your favor of this date in relation to your son serving in some Military capacity is received. I will be most happy to have him in my Military family in the manner your propose. The nominal rank given him is immaterial but I would suggest that of Capt. as I have three Staff officers now, of conciderable service, in no higher grade. Indeed I have one officer with only the rank of Lieut. who has been in the service from the beginning of the war. This however will make no difference and I would still say give the rank of Capt.- Please excuse my writing on a half sheet. I had no resource but to take the blank half of your letter,
Very repectfully
your obt. svt,
U.S.GRANT
Lt. Gen
