CITY POINT, VA., January 4, 1865.
Hon. E. M. STANTON,
Secretary of War:
I am constrained to
request the removal of Maj. Gen. B. F. Butler from the command of the
Department of Virginia and North Carolina. I do this with reluctance, but the
good of the service requires it. In my absence General Butler necessarily
commands, and there is a lack of confidence felt in his military ability,
making him an unsafe commander for a large army. His administration of the
affairs of his department is also objectionable.
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
46, Part 2 (Serial No. 96), p. 29
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