could then call upon these companies for such men as he might want should he require less than the whole force.
| Respectfully | |
| Your Obt. Svt. | |
| U. S. GRANT | |
| Brig. Gen. Com | |
| To Brig. Gen J. A. McClernand | |
| Comd.g Post | |
| ALS, McClernand Papers, IHi. |
|
Head Quarters Dist S. E. Mo | |
|
Cairo Sept 15th 1861 | |
| GENERAL |
To settle the difficulties under which Capt Hopkins is laboring and the necessities of service requiring it, I wish him to move with his company on the steamer scott tomorrow to report for duty there.
I am sending five heavy Guns on the same steamer
| Respectfully | |
| Your obt. Servant | |
| U. S. GRANT | |
| Brig Genl Comdg | |
| To Gen J. C. McClernand | |
| Comdg Post | |
| Cairo Ills |
Copies, DLC-USG, V, 1, 2, 3, 77; DNA, RG 393, USG Letters Sent. This letter apparently concerns Capt. Caleb Hopkins, Battery C, 2nd Ill. Light Art. See letter to Maj. Gen. John C. Frémont, Sept. 18, 1861, note 2.
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Publication information:
Book title: The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant: April-September 1861.
Volume: 2.
Contributors: John Y. Simon - Editor.
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press.
Place of publication: Carbondale, IL.
Publication year: 1969.
Page number: 265.
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