Henry W. Halleck to Ulysses S. Grant, 19 December 1861
Head Quarters, Department of the Missouri.
St Louis Dec 19th 1861
Brig Gen U S Grant
Cairo
By what authority did you
send back exchanged prisoners.
They are not under assumed names,
all were identified here
before exchange.
H. W. Halleck
Major Genl
[overleaf]
December 19th 1861
4200
DATABASE CONTENT
(4200) | DL1880 | 201 | Letters | 1861-12-19 |
Letter from Union Major General Henry W. Halleck, Head Quarters, Department of Missouri, St. Louis, Missouri, December 19, 1861, to Union Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant, Cairo, Illinois, re: questioning Grant's authority to return exchanged prisoners
Tags: Prisoner Exchanges, Prisoners of War
People - Records: 2
- (650) [recipient] ~ Grant, Ulysses S. ~ Grant, Hiram Ulysses
- (1879) [writer] ~ Halleck, Henry Wager
Places - Records: 1
SOURCES
Henry W. Halleck to Ulysses S. Grant, 19 December 1861, DL1880, Nau Collection