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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08148 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1860s |
| Title | Ulysses S. Grant to Phillip Sheridan regarding postwar troop adjustments |
| Date | 19 March 1866 |
| Author | Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) (1822-1885) |
| Recipient | Sheridan, Philip Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Postwar troop adjustments: "Unless you think security demands the retention of some of the white volunteers muster the whole of them out as rapidly as possible. In the case of colored troops, muster out such of them as you think can be spared..." |
| Subjects | Reconstruction Union General Military History African American Troops African American History |
| People | Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) (1822-1885) Sheridan, Philip Henry (1831-1888) |
| Theme | African Americans; Reconstruction |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |