Civil War-dated ALS signed “U. S. Grant, Lt. Gen.,” one page, 7.75 x 9.75, Head Quarters Armies of the United States letterhead, February 7, 1865. Handwritten telegram to Major General Henry Halleck, sent from his headquarters at City Point, Virginia, marked "Cipher" in the upper left. In full: "I will be in Washington on Thursday or Friday next. Please notify the Com. on Conduct of the War. I will be obliged to you also if you will notify Mr. Washburne." In fine condition.
The Congressional Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War investigated and provided oversight of President Abraham Lincoln's command of the Union Army in the Civil War. General Grant asks Henry Halleck to inform the committee, and his chief advocate, Congressman Elihu B. Washburne, of his impending arrival in the nation's capital. On February 11th, Grant appeared before the committee in relation to Benjamin Butler’s earlier failed effort against Fort Fisher and the question of prisoner exchanges with the Confederates.
On the latter subject, the Union Army commander explained: 'I have effected an arrangement for the exchange of prisoners, man for man and officer for officer, or his equivalent, according to the old cartel, until one or the other party has exhausted the number they now hold…Just as fast as they can deliver our prisoners to us I will receive them, and deliver their prisoners to them…The suffering said to exist among our prisoners south was a powerful argument against the course pursued, and I so felt it.'
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