• Re: U.S. General Ulysses S. Grant

    From jdyoung@21:1/5 to NEMO on Thu Oct 13 07:17:45 2022
    On Wednesday, October 12, 2022 at 7:41:28 PM UTC-5, NEMO wrote:
    On December 17, 1862, General Ulysses Grant wrote to the Assistant
    Adjutant General of the US Army:

    "I have long since believed that in spite of all the vigilance that
    can be infused into post commanders, the specie regulations of the
    Treasury Department have been violated, and that mostly by the Jews
    and other unprincipled traders. So well satisfied have I been of this
    that I instructed the commanding officer at Columbus to refuse all
    permits to Jews to come South, and I have frequently had them expelled
    from the department. But they come in with their carpet-sacks in spite
    of all that can be done to prevent it. The Jews seem to be a
    privileged class that can travel anywhere. They will land at any
    woodyard on the river and make their way through the country. If not permitted to buy cotton themselves, they will act as agents for
    someone else, who will be at a military post with a Treasury permit to receive cotton and pay for it in Treasury notes which the Jew will buy
    at an agreed rate, paying gold."

    Also, on December 17, 1862, General Ulysses S. Grant issued General
    Orders No. 11. This order banished all Jews from Tennessee's western military.

    General Orders No. 11 declared:

    "1. The Jews, as a class, violating every regulation of trade
    established by the Treasury Department, are hereby expelled from the Department.

    "2. Within 24 hours from the receipt of this order by Post Commanders,
    they will see that all of this class of people are furnished with
    passes required to leave, and anyone returning after such
    notification, will be arrested and held in confinement until an
    opportunity occurs of sending them out as prisoners, unless furnished
    with permits from these headquarters.

    "3. No permits will be given these people to visit headquarters for
    the purpose of making personal application for trade permits.

    "By order of Major Gen. Grant.



    "Jno. A. Rawlings,
    Assistant Adjutant General"

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