Saturday, March 14, 2020

Charles A. Dana to Lieutenant-General Ulysses S. Grant, April 15, 1865 — 12:50 a.m.

WAR DEPARTMENT,         
April 15, 186512.50 a.m.
Lieutenant-General GRANT,
Philadelphia:

Permit me to suggest to you to keep a close watch on all persons who come near you in the cars or otherwise; also, that an engine be sent in front of the train to guard against anything being on the track.

C. A. DANA,            
Assistant Secretary of War.

SOURCE: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 46, Part 3 (Serial No. 97), p. 756

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