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Ely S. Parker letter
Collection — Box: 65
Identifier: MS-SC1143
Scope and Contents
Letter to General John C. Smith, Lieutenant Governor of Illinois, re: the relationship between John Rawlins and Grant, Grant's intemperance and Parker's opinion of statements about Grant and Rawlins made by Sylvanus Cadwallader, a journalist and Grant biographer.
Dates:
Created: February 17, 1887
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
Sylvanus Cadwallader Reminiscences
Collection
Identifier: MS-BC91
Scope and Contents
Handwritten manuscript of Cadwalladerâs book includes notes, changes and the chapters that were deleted in the published work. The manuscript covers the war including the Vicksburg and Chattanooga campaigns, the actions of Army of the Potomac, the meeting of Grant and Lincoln at City Point, Grant and Sherman planning strategy and Grant and Lee at Appomattox. It often gives Grantâs opinions as well as Cadwalladerâs of other generals, including Sherman, Sheridan and McClernand. It...
Dates:
Created: 1896; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1929
Found in:
Manuscript Collection