Remember me to all at home and write to me.
Yours truly,
U.S. GRANT.
[President Lincoln asked the Illinois delegation in Congress to recommend some citizens of the State for the position of brigadier-general. They unanimously recommended Grant first on a list of seven.
Since the date of the last letter he has been promoted to the rank of brigadier-general. He was then ordered to Ironton, Mo., seventy miles south of St. Louis.
To his sister Mary.]
Ironton, Mo.,
August 12th, 1861.
DEAR SISTER:
Your letter directed to me at Mexico, Missouri came to hand yesterday at this place.