General Order No. 11 (1862)
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General Order No. 11 was a Union army order issued by Major General Ulysses S. Grant on December 17, 1862, during the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War. The order expelled all Jews from Gra
Grant in 1861
General Ulysses S. Grant
Grant's Asst. Adjt. Gen. John Rawlins strongly objected to issuing General Orders No. 11.
Confederate Major General Earl Van Dorn. Van Dorn's December 20, 1862 Holly Springs Raid, Grant's Union supply depot, spared many Jewish people from potentially being expelled from Grant's military district.
Ulysses S. Grant
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Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th president of the United States, serving from 1869 to 1877, and was the Commanding General of the Union Army, leading it to victory in the American Civil War in 1865.
General Order No. 11 (1862)
…General Order No. 11 was a Union army order issued by Major General Ulysses S. Grant on December 17, 1862, during the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War. The order expelled all Jews from Grant's military district, comprising…
Grant, c. 1870–1880
Grant's birthplace in Point Pleasant, Ohio
Grant as a young officer, c. 1845–1847
The Battle of Monterrey during which Grant saw military action