1863 Civil War Telegram Between Two Confederate Generals Discusses Defending Against Grants Campaign Towards Vicksburg
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Seller: Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc., South Orange, NJ, U.S.A.Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc.
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US$ 250.00
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(CIVIL WAR VICKSBURG). ADS. 1 pg. 8 x 2. April 26, 1863. Columbus, Mis. A document signed S.J. Gholson Maj Genl to Brig Genl Ruggles: I have none at present save for Col Smiths Command and am trying to collect others. This is a telegraphic copy (written in the hand of a telegraph operator) of a message sent by Samuel J. Gholson to General Daniel Ruggles concerning troop placement during Union General Ulysses Grants Vicksburg campaign. As part of his plan to allow for a Mississippi River crossing south of Vicksburg, Grant deployed two diversionary measures. They were an attack to the north of Vicksburg by General William Tecumseh Sherman and a two-week cavalry raid throughout the state by Bejamin Grierson, to which this telegram is in response. General Sherman would later call Griersons raid the most brilliant expedition of the war because of how successfully it diverted the attention of Confederates in Mississippi. Gholson is writing from Columbus, Mississippi, about 150 miles northeast of Jackson, which was hit by Grierson several days before this telegram. General Ruggles was in an administrative position at this time and appeared to be trying to find more troops to stop Grierson, of which Gholson had none. With the Confederate so busy looking after Grierson, it took nearly two weeks for a Confederate force to be organized to finally confront Grant, who by that point had already marched within 20 miles of the states capital at Jackson. Despite his actions, Gholson would be promoted to general in June. This telegram, even if it is in the hand of a telegraphic operator and not the signatory, is still an excellent reminder of a forgotten, but key, element of a major Civil War military campaign.…
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- 1863 Civil War Telegram Between Two Confederate Generals Discusses Defending Against Grants Campaign Towards Vicksburg
- Author
- SAMUEL J. GHOLSON
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Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc. buys and sells historic letters, documents, manuscripts and archives. My specialties include Presidents, Revolutionary War and Civil War figures, Declaration of Independence Signers, famous authors, important business leaders, notable scientists, aviators, notable women and African-Americans, and other "household famous names." I also enjoy handling the letters and archives of ordinary people whose writings have extraordinary or unusual content, such as an eyewitness description of the Pearl Harbor attack. I am a member of all major trade organizations, including the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA), the Professional Autograph Dealers Association (PADA), the Appraisers Association of America, the Manuscript Society and the Ephemera Society. I am located in South Orange, New Jersey, and I travel to many book and manuscript shows every year. I am one of the very few members of the Appraisers Association of America certified to appraise historic documents, manuscripts and letters. I am USPAP qualified to perform appraisals for estate, donation and insurance purposes; please contact me for a confidential discussion of your appraisal needs. I am an author myself, having published The Last Leaf: Voices of History's Last-Known Survivors (Prometheus Books, 2010) that contains 39 interviews with the last survivor of, or final eyewitness to, important historical events. Chapters include interviews with the last three Civil War widows, the final living pitcher to surrender a home run to Babe Ruth, Houdini's last stagehand, and the final American doughboy. Lastly, I can frequently be seen authenticating and appraising on the History Channel hit show Pawn Stars.…
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784 Morris Turnpike, PMB #161
Short Hills, NJ U.S.A. 07078
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