During the Civil War (1862) General Ulysses S. Grant issued an expulsion order for all Jews within the parts of the territory he controlled.

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General Ulysses S. Grant issued General Order No. 11 on December 17, 1862, which expelled Jews from areas under his control in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Kentucky, due to accusations of illegal cotton trading. The order was later revoked by President Lincoln.