ALS, 1864 Nov. 6, City Point, Va., to Henry Wager Halleck.

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ALS, 1864 Nov. 6, City Point, Va., to Henry Wager Halleck.

Grant orders attacks on Confederate communications from the Mississippi River and the destruction of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad and the road east from Jackson, Miss. He orders that no troops be sent from the river to the southern coast, but as large a force as possible be sent toward Meridian or Selma.

1 item (1 p.) in album ; 34 cm.

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