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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00255.01 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 |
| Title | Ulysses S. Grant to Henry S. Hewit |
| Date | 24 February 1862 |
| Author | Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) (1822-1885) |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Military document |
| Content Description | Orders Hewit to visit hospitals and gather information to "complete your report of the battle of Fort Henry & Donelson." Commends Hewit for his "prompt and efficient manner." Docketed in pencil. |
| Subjects | Battle Civil War Union Forces Union General Health and Medical Military History President |
| People | Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) (1822-1885) Hewit, Henry Stewart (1825-1873) Grant, Ulysses, Jr. (1852-1929) |
| Place written | Fort Donelson, Tennessee |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Health & Medicine |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Henry S. Hewit was the medical director on Grant's staff. Breveted Colonel in 1865. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Related documents | Grant's endorsement on docket of an autograph letter signed from Henry S. Hewit to John A. Rawlins Ulysses S. Grant to John Aaron Rawlins |