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Head Quarters Armies of the United States
City Point, Va, Jan. 23d 1865
Maj. Gen. Halleck, Washington
Order Maher to Alexandria. We will send Schofields Corps first and add this detachment to it until such time as it can be got to Sherman. It is too late now for it to reach Sherman from Pocotaligo.
U.S. Grant
Lt. Gen.
Citation: Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885), autograph letter signed to Henry W. Halleck. City Point, Va., 23 January 1865. AMs 774/18