Oct 11, 2007 - Sale 2123

Sale 2123 - Lot 19

Price Realized: $ 1,800
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
GRANT, ULYSSES S. Autograph Letter Signed, to General Fitz John Porter, sending a copy of a letter [not present] he has written to Senator Cameron and asking him to mail it "unless you have suggestions to make . . ." 1 page, single 8vo sheet; remnants of prior mounting at corners verso. New York, 4 February 1882
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General Porter had been relieved of command after his alleged failure that led to the Union defeat at Second Manassas. He was tried and cashiered in 1863. He spent the next 25 years in an effort to clear his record.
Grant had initially been against Porter but eventually agreed to meet with him and review the record. He first wrote a letter to President Arthur, and eventually the letter to Senator Cameron. In the letter, Grant stated "If every man in the army had been punished who had expressed lack of confidence in his superior officer, many of the best soldiers would have been punished . . ."