Lewis A. Grant 1829-1918 Union brigadier general who won a Medal of Honor in capturing breastworks and three battle flags at Salem Heights. L.S., 1p. 4to., Des Moines, May 27, 1882 to Gen. William Henry declining an invitation to attend a Vermont veterans reunion: . .There is no class of men whom I so truly respect... especially for those of the old Vermont Brigade . Mounting remnants on verso at upper left with show through affecting text.