Title
Ulysses S. Grant Camp
Subject
Military camps
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1886
Trees
Illinois--New Salem (Menard County)
United States. Army. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 21st (1861-1865)
Description
A landscape view shows the location where Ulysses S. Grant wrote his first military orders.
On verso: "Grant's first camp when commanding the Twenty-first Illinois Inft, at New Salem in May 1861. The only regiment that left Springfield on foot, being short of transportation. The peculiar shaped tree shown in the picture is where Grant, his son, and the owner of the farm sat while discussing the issue of the war."
On verso: "Grant's first camp when commanding the Twenty-first Illinois Inft, at New Salem in May 1861. The only regiment that left Springfield on foot, being short of transportation. The peculiar shaped tree shown in the picture is where Grant, his son, and the owner of the farm sat while discussing the issue of the war."
Publisher
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
Date
n.d.
Format
jpg
Language
eng
Identifier
405290
Ulysses S. Grant Collection
Original Format
photographic print
b&w
1
Physical Dimensions
10 x 14 cm