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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