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Volume Listing > Volume 03 > Historical fragments: General Grant and early Galena

Evans, J. H. (Jonathan Henry), 1830-1919 "Historical fragments: General Grant and early Galena"
Historical fragments: General Grant and Early Galena: J.H. Evans of Platteville, in Grant County, recalls how he first met Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885), then a captain, in Galena, Illinois, before the Civil War. He describes Grant as an amiable man who was a friend to many, especially those in Galena. He also describes his subsequent meetings with Grant during the Civil War. (5 pages)

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Citation: Evans, J. H. (Jonathan Henry), 1830-1919 "Historical fragments: General Grant and early Galena" Wisconsin Magazine Of History. Volume: 03 /Issue: 1 (1919-1920)

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