ALS : Cairo, Ill., to Jesse Root Grant, 1861 Nov. 29.

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ALS : Cairo, Ill., to Jesse Root Grant, 1861 Nov. 29.

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After explaining that he cannot allow a friend of his father's to pass through the lines, Grant comments on a newspaper account of the battle of Belmont and reports on the number of Confederate casualties.

1 item (2 p.) ; 25 cm.

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