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General Order No. 11 was a controversial Union Army order issued by Major-General Ulysses S. Grant on December 17, 1862 during the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War. The order expelled all Jews from Grant's military district, comprising areas of Tennessee, Mississippi, and Kentucky.
Wikipedia. Was Grant anti-Semitic, or just trying to stop war profiteers from helping the Confederates? The way Grant wrote General Orders No. 11 makes it appear that he held anti-Semitic views since he expelled “The Jews as a class.”
The story of General Orders No. 11 and its lingering impact fills in a missing and revealing “Jewish” chapter in the biography of Ulysses S. Grant. The order and its aftermath also shed...
Understanding the Context of General Orders No. 11 In 1862, Major General Ulysses S. Grant was commanding the Army of the Tennessee. As his troops marched deeper into the South, the price of cotton soared to three times its prewar value.1 The prospect of such immediate fortune attracted to the Cotton Belt thousands of
Grant railed against traders in general and “the Jews” in particular. He issued his General Order No. 11 on December 17, 1862. Seventeen days later, on January 3, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln ordered Grant to revoke the order, after hearing the pleas of American Jewish leaders at the White House. Grant complied on January 17.
Jul 23, 2019 · General Orders No. 11 gave Jewish people just 24 hours to leave their homes and lives behind. By: Erin Blakemore. Published: July 23, 2019. copy page link. Print Page. Library of...
Ulysses Simpson Grant III: Born July 4, 1881 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Died: August 29, 1968 (aged 87) Clinton, New York, U.S. Allegiance: United States: Service/ branch: United States Army: Years of service: 1903–1946: Rank: Major general: Commands held: 1st Engineer Regiment Engineer Replacement Training Center Office of Civilian Defense ...
