| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | William L. Gross Papers
| | | | Creator: | Gross, William L. | | | | Dates: | 1856-1867 | | | | Abstract: | William L. Gross (1839-1909) was a lawyer and telegrapher. The collection consists of correspondence and records relating to the telegraph offices of the U.S. Army in Danville, Kentucky, Cairo, Illinois, and New Orleans, Louisiana, during the American Civil War; Gross' correspondence while he served as manager of the Western Union office in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1866-1867; and other personal correspondence. Includes copies of messages sent to and received from General Ulysses S. Grant when he was planning his campaign against Vicksburg, Mississippi. | | | | Call #: | MS 2101 | | | | Extent: | 7.30 linear feet (18 containers and 1 oversize volume) | | | | Subjects: | Gross, William L., 1839-1909. | United States. Army -- Communication systems. | Communications, Military. | Military telegraph -- United States. | Telegraph -- United States. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Communications. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources. | Vicksburg (Miss.) -- History -- Siege, 1863.
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