May 11 Rare Autograph & Book Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 5/11/2023
This was signed just a week after Grant was promoted by Congress to the newly created rank of General of the Army of the United States. A very fine signed album page 5"x5" with a salutation in dark ink 'Yours Truly U.S. Grant General. Washington Ill. August 1, 1866.
Ulysses S. Grant (April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. As Commanding General, he led the Union Army to victory in the American Civil War in 1865 and thereafter briefly served as U.S. Secretary of War. Later, as president, Grant was an effective civil rights executive who signed the bill that created the Justice Department and worked with Radical Republicans to protect African Americans during Reconstruction.
With One of a Kind Collectibles LOA
Ulysses S. Grant (Graded 10 by JSA)
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