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GRANT, ULYSSES S., President. Autograph document signed ("U.S. Grant") as Lieutenant General, TO MAJOR GENERAL GEORGE G. MEADE in Philadelphia; City Point, Virginia, 31 January 1865. 1 page, oblong 8vo, on Head Quarters stationery, laid down, blank corners trimmed (not affecting text). [With:] JOHN G. STEVENSON, Major General. Autograph letter signed to Mary E. Carson, Harper's Ferry, 14 May 1865, sending her the above "original telegram...recalling Maj. Genl. Meade to take command of his army..."
GRANT RECALLS MEADE IN PREPARATION FOR THE FINAL MOVE ON RICHMOND
As the final phase of the long Petersburg siege approaches, two months before the Confederate government abandoned their capitol, Grant sends a cryptic telegram to Meade: "Please return immediately..."
This telegram, according to General Stevenson, signifies "...the commencement of the operations which culminated in the capture of Richmond and the capitulation of Lee. It is emphatically a historical document..." A few days later, the Army of the Potomac began a series of moves on the Confederate lines (Hatcher's Run, Armstrong's Mill, Rowanty Creek, Vaughn Road, etc., 5-7 February).
GRANT RECALLS MEADE IN PREPARATION FOR THE FINAL MOVE ON RICHMOND
As the final phase of the long Petersburg siege approaches, two months before the Confederate government abandoned their capitol, Grant sends a cryptic telegram to Meade: "Please return immediately..."
This telegram, according to General Stevenson, signifies "...the commencement of the operations which culminated in the capture of Richmond and the capitulation of Lee. It is emphatically a historical document..." A few days later, the Army of the Potomac began a series of moves on the Confederate lines (Hatcher's Run, Armstrong's Mill, Rowanty Creek, Vaughn Road, etc., 5-7 February).