GRANT, Ulysses S. (1822-1885), President, Lt. General . Autograph letter signed ("U S. Grant"), to Jesse Root Grant (1794-1873), his father, Mexico, Missouri, 3 August 1861. 4 pages, 4to, mat burn on first page, small tape repairs at edges of center, horizontal crease, remnant of tipping along edge . [ With :] GRANT. Carte-de-visite signed ("U.S. Grant"), as Lt. General. J. A. Seibert, photorapher , St. Louis. 3 7/8 x 2¼in., inlaid, a later signature on verso .
GRANT, Ulysses S. (1822-1885), President, Lt. General . Autograph letter signed ("U S. Grant"), to Jesse Root Grant (1794-1873), his father, Mexico, Missouri, 3 August 1861. 4 pages, 4to, mat burn on first page, small tape repairs at edges of center, horizontal crease, remnant of tipping along edge . [ With :] GRANT. Carte-de-visite signed ("U.S. Grant"), as Lt. General. J. A. Seibert, photorapher , St. Louis. 3 7/8 x 2¼in., inlaid, a later signature on verso . "YOU CAN'T CONVINCE THEM BUT WHAT THE ULTIMATE OBJECT" OF THE WAR "IS TO EXTINGUISH, BY FORCE, SLAVERY" A remarkable letter to his father from early in the Civil War, as Grant describes the confused political and military situation in Missouri, and looks forward to possibly becoming a brigadier general. "The majority in this part of the state are secessionists...," he tells his father Jesse, "but deplore the present state of affairs. They would make almost any sacrifice to have the Union restored, but regard it as disolved [ sic ] and nothing is left for them but to choose between two evils. Many too seem to be entirely ignorant of the object of the present hostilities. You can't convince them but what the ultimate object is to extinguish, by force, slavery." Grant then saw the conflict very much as Lincoln did: an effort to put down the rebellion and nothing more. Later both men embraced abolition as a goal of the conflict. In his Personal Memoirs , Grant said "the cause of the great War of the Rebellion" was slavery, "one of the worst for which a people ever fought, and one for which there was the least excuse." Here he denounces lies in the pro-rebel press about Union forces being supposedly "cut to pieces." In fact, "a gun has not been fired at us." He also sees from the papers "that my name has been sent in for Brigadier Genl.! This is certainly very complimentary to me particularly as I have never asked a friend to intercede in my behalf." His time in Springfield left him disgusted at seeing "so much pulling and hauling for favors that I determined never to ask for anything, and never have, not even a Colonelcy." He's proud about having transformed his new command from "a very disorganized, demoralized and insubordinate condition" into "a reputation equal to the best." Together 2 items . (2)
GRANT, Ulysses S. (1822-1885), President, Lt. General . Autograph letter signed ("U S. Grant"), to Jesse Root Grant (1794-1873), his father, Mexico, Missouri, 3 August 1861. 4 pages, 4to, mat burn on first page, small tape repairs at edges of center, horizontal crease, remnant of tipping along edge . [ With :] GRANT. Carte-de-visite signed ("U.S. Grant"), as Lt. General. J. A. Seibert, photorapher , St. Louis. 3 7/8 x 2¼in., inlaid, a later signature on verso .
GRANT, Ulysses S. (1822-1885), President, Lt. General . Autograph letter signed ("U S. Grant"), to Jesse Root Grant (1794-1873), his father, Mexico, Missouri, 3 August 1861. 4 pages, 4to, mat burn on first page, small tape repairs at edges of center, horizontal crease, remnant of tipping along edge . [ With :] GRANT. Carte-de-visite signed ("U.S. Grant"), as Lt. General. J. A. Seibert, photorapher , St. Louis. 3 7/8 x 2¼in., inlaid, a later signature on verso . "YOU CAN'T CONVINCE THEM BUT WHAT THE ULTIMATE OBJECT" OF THE WAR "IS TO EXTINGUISH, BY FORCE, SLAVERY" A remarkable letter to his father from early in the Civil War, as Grant describes the confused political and military situation in Missouri, and looks forward to possibly becoming a brigadier general. "The majority in this part of the state are secessionists...," he tells his father Jesse, "but deplore the present state of affairs. They would make almost any sacrifice to have the Union restored, but regard it as disolved [ sic ] and nothing is left for them but to choose between two evils. Many too seem to be entirely ignorant of the object of the present hostilities. You can't convince them but what the ultimate object is to extinguish, by force, slavery." Grant then saw the conflict very much as Lincoln did: an effort to put down the rebellion and nothing more. Later both men embraced abolition as a goal of the conflict. In his Personal Memoirs , Grant said "the cause of the great War of the Rebellion" was slavery, "one of the worst for which a people ever fought, and one for which there was the least excuse." Here he denounces lies in the pro-rebel press about Union forces being supposedly "cut to pieces." In fact, "a gun has not been fired at us." He also sees from the papers "that my name has been sent in for Brigadier Genl.! This is certainly very complimentary to me particularly as I have never asked a friend to intercede in my behalf." His time in Springfield left him disgusted at seeing "so much pulling and hauling for favors that I determined never to ask for anything, and never have, not even a Colonelcy." He's proud about having transformed his new command from "a very disorganized, demoralized and insubordinate condition" into "a reputation equal to the best." Together 2 items . (2)
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