Title	1865, January 30, From Stanton, Edwin to US Grant
Creator	Stanton, Edwin McMasters, 1814-1869
LC Subject Headings	United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 Hampton Roads Peace Conference (1865: Hampton Roads, Va.) Stanton, Edwin McMasters, 1814-1869 Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 Eckert, Thomas Thompson, 1825-1910 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Campbell, John Archibald, 1811-1889 Hunter, R. M. T. (Robert Mercer Taliaferro), 1809-1887 Stephens, Alexander Hamilton, 1812-1883
EOA Categories	History -- 1838-1874: Sectionalism, the Civil War, and Reconstruction Government & Politics -- Military
Description	This document is a letter written by Union Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton to Ulysses Grant instructing General Grant to allow the bearer of the letter, Major Thomas Eckert, to interview the Confederate peace commissioners and determine if they should be allowed to pass through Union lines to Fortress Monroe. The Hampton Roads Peace Conference of February 3, 1865 was held to discuss terms for ending the American Civil War. At the conference, President Abraham Lincoln and Secretary of War William H. Seward represented the Union, and Confederate Vice President Alexander Stephens, Senator Robert M.T. Hunter, and Assistant Secretary of War John A. Campbell represented the Confederacy.
Digital Publisher	Auburn University Libraries
Date	1865-01-30
Original Format	1 page, 25 x 20 cm
Type	Text
Format	JPEG 2000
Original Item ID	RG 1138
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Language	eng
File Name	003_1865, Jany 30, From Stanton, Edwin to Lt General US Grant.tif
Collection	Hampton Roads Collection
Repository	Auburn University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives
Submitted by	Schmidt, Gregory J.
Transcript	War Department Washington City Jany 30 1865 Lt General Grant Commanding Gl General. The President desires that you will please procure for the bearer, Major Thomas T Eckart, an interview with Messrs. Stevens Hunter and Campbell – and if on his return to you he requests it, pass them through our lines to Fortress Monroe by such route and under such military precautions as you may deem prudent, giving the protection and comfortable quarters while there; and that you let none of this have any effect upon your military movements or plans. By order of the President Edwin M. Stanton Secretary of War