Alfred Pleasonton to Ulysses S. Grant, 20 January 1866
Milwaukee Wisconsin
January 20th 1866
 
 
To
Lieut Genl Grant
            Comdg: Genl:
                        U.S.Army
                                                General
                                                            Permit me to recommend to Your favorable consideration the Services of Colonel Geo. W. Yates—late an aid-de-camp on my Staff, for an appointment in the regular Army.
            He has Served with me throughout the War, and I can recommend him as a highly efficient, gallant and reliable officer and unexceptionable in character
                                                            I am General
                                                                        with the highest respect
                                                                                    Your obedient Servant
                                                                                                A Pleasonton
                                                                                    Major & Brevet Brig Genl
                                                                                                U.S.Army
 
[overleaf]
 
Washington, D.C.
March—1866
 
Yates   Geo. W.
Bvt Lt Col USA
applied for commission in the regular Army
Recommended by—
Lieut Genl Grant
Maj Genl         Pope
“          “          Dodge
“          “          Pleasonton
“          “          Elliott
“          “          Custer
“          “          Kilpatrick
Colonel           JvD Reeve
                        13th NY Infty
and Officers    6th NY Cavalry
 
on File in War Dept since
March 1866
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Manuscript Copy of Postwar Letter from Union Major General Alfred Pleasonton, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, January 20, 1866, to Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant, Commanding General, United States Army; Associated With First Lieutenant George W. Yates, 13th Missouri Cavalry, Recommending Yates’ Appointment to the Regular Army


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People - Records: 3

  • (326) [associated with] ~ Yates, George W.
  • (329) [writer] ~ Pleasonton, Alfred
  • (650) [recipient] ~ Grant, Ulysses S. ~ Grant, Hiram Ulysses

Places - Records: 1

  • (170) [origination] ~ Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

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Alfred Pleasonton to Ulysses S. Grant, 20 January 1866, DL0001.003