Letter signed U.S. Grant, rear of Vicksburg, to [David D.] Porter, May 19, 1863
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Identifier: D02144
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- David D. Porter Papers | Letter signed U.S. Grant, rear of Vicksburg, to Porter. “My forces are now investing Vicksburg. Sherman’s forces run[?] from the Miss. River above the city two miles east. McPherson is to his left and McClernand to the left of McPherson. If you can run down and throw shell in just back of the lower part of the city it would aid us and demoralize and already badly beaten enemy....” (2 pages), 1863 May 19
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