there is an excellent book on that that came out about three years ago by jonathan sarna, i believe it is. briefly the background of course is that grant's in command in mississippi. he has a large command at this point. traders, merchants, are trying to get into the south to get southern goods, cotton, et cetera, that they can take back north to sell. unfortunately, grant's own father is trying to bring people in to capitalize on his son's power which really irritates him. jesse root grant is a gigantic horse's ass. he really is. he's a thorn in his father's side throughout his life. it is an unusual relationship and it was not a good one for grant. some these were jews. most were not. grant also is somewhat subject to the influence of his greatest associate, william t. sherman, who is avowedly antisemitic. somehow or other grant comes to this point where he decides he's going to clear all of the traders out of his department and he issues order number 11 which essentially says all of the jews and other kinds of traders must get outside these departmental limits immediately. he was an