Wednesday, February 23, 2022

Major-General Henry W. Halleck to Major-General Ulysses S. Grant, July 10, 1863—10:30 a.m.

WAR DEPARTMENT,        
Washington, July 10, 1863—10 a.m.
Major-General GRANT, Vicksburg, Miss.:

On a full examination of the question, it is decided that you, as the commander of an army, were authorized to agree upon the parole and release of the garrison of Vicksburg with the general commanding the place.

H. W. HALLECK,        
General-in-Chief.

SOURCE: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 24, Part 1 (Serial No. 36), p. 62

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