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Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant · Character

Wesley Merritt

Union cavalry general who served under Sheridan.

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Also known as Merritt, General Merritt

First appearance: i

Wesley Merritt shows up with force in Arrival of the Peace Commissioners—Lincoln and the Peace Commissioners—An Anecdote of Lincoln—The Winter Before Petersburg—Sheridan Destroys the Railroad—Gordon Carries the Picket Line—Parke Recaptures the Line—The Line of Battle of White Oak Road. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Acting as chief of cavalry under Sheridan during the operations.
In the storyArrival of the Peace Commissioners—Lincoln and the Peace Commissioners—An Anecdote of Lincoln—The Winter Before Petersburg—Sheridan Destroys the Railroad—Gordon Carries the Picket Line—Parke Recaptures the Line—The Line of Battle of White Oak RoadOpen this moment free

Wesley Merritt first appears in 0003 i.

In Arrival of the Peace Commissioners—Lincoln and the Peace Commissioners—An Anecdote of Lincoln—The Winter Before Petersburg—Sheridan Destroys the Railroad—Gordon Carries the Picket Line—Parke Recaptures the Line—The Line of Battle of White Oak Road: Acting as chief of cavalry under Sheridan during the operations.

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PHPhilip H. Sher…AAAndrew A. Hump…JHJames H. WilsonRERobert E. LeeWSWinfield S. Ha…WMWesley Merritt

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  • Grant's Inner Circle
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See Wesley Merritt in i
See Wesley Merritt in Arrival of the Peace Commissioners—Lincoln and the Peace Commissioners—An Anecdote of Lincoln—The Winter Before Petersburg—Sheridan Destroys the Railroad—Gordon Carries the Picket Line—Parke Recaptures the Line—The Line of Battle of White Oak Road