President U.S. Grant 1866 Document Signed as General of the Army

Description

18th President. Document signed “
U.S. Grant
” as General of the Army, November 1, 1866, 16x10, appointing an Army recruit as a hospital steward, countersigned by Edward D. Townsend as Asst. Adjutant General. Ornate imagery at top.
Folds. else fresh. Extremely fine Grant signature.
Highly uncommon appointment as the newly created position of the General of the Army of the United States was created for Grant just months earlier.
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