Sold – General Grant Extends Leave For General Sully
During the Civil War, Alfred Sully was brigadier general of the 1st Minnesota Volunteers and fought in the Virginia Peninsula campaign. From 1863 to 1866 he commanded the North Western Indian Expeditions directed against the Arapaho, Sioux, and Cheyenne. In 1866, Sully married Sophia Henrietta Webster, was mustered out of the...
During the Civil War, Alfred Sully was brigadier general of the 1st Minnesota Volunteers and fought in the Virginia Peninsula campaign. From 1863 to 1866 he commanded the North Western Indian Expeditions directed against the Arapaho, Sioux, and Cheyenne. In 1866, Sully married Sophia Henrietta Webster, was mustered out of the Volunteers, and returned to the regular army with the rank of lieutenant colonel. He chaired a commission to investigate the Fetterman Massacre at Fort Kearney and helped to establish peace with the Indians of the Powder River country.
Autograph Note Signed, Washington, April 2, 1867, to George K.Leet. “Give General Sully permission to delay twenty days beyond his present leave. U.S. Grant, Genl.”
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