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| Keywords: Message of President Abraham Lincoln Nominating Ulysses S. Grant to Be Lieutenant General of the Army, 03-01-1864 - NARA - 306310.tif Local identifier U S Senate 03/04/1789 - NARA-Author Lincoln Abraham 1809-1865 Correspondent 1286776 <br /> Center for Legislative Archives NWL National Archives Building Room 8E 7th and Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington DC 20408 1864-03-01 Record group Record Group 46 Records of the U S Senate 1789 - 2006 Record group ARC 375 Anson McCook Collection of Presidential Signatures compiled 1789 - 1975 Series ARC 306282 Variant control numbers NAIL Control Number NWL-46-MCCOOK-2 11 General notes Scope and content On February 29 1864 President Abraham Lincoln nominated Ulysses S Grant for the rank of Lieutenant General Grant had the distinction of being the first American to hold the rank since George Washington with the possible exception of Winfield Scott who earned the distinction in 1855 by Brevet File unit File unit ARC yes NARA-cooperation PD-USGov Abraham Lincoln Documents concerning Ulysses S Grant 1864 in the United States | ||||