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General Grant receiving commission print

Harper's Weekly (Publisher);March 26, 1864

Ohio History Connection

Ohio History Connection
Columbus, United States

Print from Harper's Weekly titled "General Grant Receiving his Commission as Lieutenant-General from President Lincoln," March 26, 1864. President Abraham Lincoln signed the document which promoted Ulysses S. Grant to lieutenant general of the United States Army on March 10, 1864. This put Grant in charge of the entire Union army for the remained of the Civil War.

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  • Title: General Grant receiving commission print
  • Creator: Harper's Weekly (Publisher);
  • Date: March 26, 1864
  • Subject Keywords: Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865, Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885--Military leadership., Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Pictorial works
  • Contributor: Ohio History Connection
  • Rights: Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
  • External Link: http://www.ohiomemory.org/cdm/ref/collection/p267401coll32/id/17048
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