CITY POINT, VA., January 6, 1865 — 5.30 p.m.
Hon. E. M. STANTON,
Secretary of War, Fort Monroe,
Va.:
I am just in
receipt of a letter from Sherman, asking me to re-enforce Foster so that he
will not be compelled to leave a division of his army there. Please say to
Sherman that I will send the division now embarking at Baltimore. They probably
will reach him two days after you do. I wrote to Sherman some time ago to
direct Foster to organize negro troops to do garrison duty. Please say to
Sherman that if Foster will go to work and organize colored troops they can
garrison the forts and islands, leaving all of his white troops for Savannah
and the camp at Pocotaligo, enabling the division which I now send to return in
the spring, if necessary.
U.S. GRANT,
Lieutenant-General.
SOURCE: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of
the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume
47, Part 2 (Serial No. 99), p. 18
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