Letter : 13th Army Corps Hospital, near Vicksburg, Miss., to Ulysses S. Grant, 1863 Jul 14.
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Grant, Ulysses Simpson, 1822-1885
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Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant, April 27, 1822, Point Pleasant, Ohio-died July 23, 1885, Wilton, New York) was the 18th president of the United States, serving from 1869 to 1877. As president, Grant was an effective civil rights executive who worked with the Radical Republicans during Reconstruction to protect African Americans, created the Justice Department, and reestablish the public credit. Promoted lieutenant-general, in 1864, Grant led the Union Army in winning the American Civ...
Forbes, William, school-master
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William S. Forbes was an accomplished artist (both with pen and brush) and an instrumentalist before World War II. He studied art, painting, sculpture, engraving, etc., in Europe from 1938-1939. During World War II, he was given the rank of Technical Sergeant-Camoufleur, Headquarters (HQ), Company C, 602nd Engineer Camouflage Battalion and served in the European Theater of Operations (ETO). From the description of William S. Forbes photograph collection. 1942-1945. (US Army, Mil Hist...
McPherson, James Birdseye, 1828-1864
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McPherson was born in Clyde, Ohio. He attended Norwalk Academy in Norwalk, Ohio, and graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1853, first in his class, which included Philip H. Sheridan, John M. Schofield, and John Bell Hood; Hood would oppose him later in the Western Theater. McPherson was directly appointed to the Corps of Engineers with the rank of brevet second lieutenant. For a year after his graduation he was assistant instructor of practical engineering at the Mi...
