BY HON. CARL SCHURZ.

"HISTORY will not fail to record that this

great General was, as a victorious soldier, a model of republican citizenship. When he had done his illustrious deeds, he rose step by step to the highest rank in the army, and then, grown old, he retired. The Republic made provision for him in modest republican style. He was satisfied. He asked for no higher reward. Although the splendor of his achievements, and the personal affection for him which every one of his soldiers carried home, made him the most popular American of his day, and although the most glittering prizes were not seldom held up before his eyes, he remained untroubled by ulterior ambition. No thought that the Republic owed him more ever darkened his mind. No man could have spoken to him of the 'ingratitude of republics' without meeting from him a stern rebuke. And so, content with the consciousness of a great duty nobly done, he was happy in the love of his fellowcitizens."

"MY

BY EX-PRESIDENT HAYES.

Y intimate acquaintance with General Sherman dates only since the war. I had been on friendly terms with him for about twenty-five years. He was so well-known to the whole people, and especially to the Union soldiers, that there is hardly any reason for off-hand talk about him. There are probably few men who ever lived in any country who were known and loved as General Sherman was. He was the idol of the soldiers of the Union Army. His presence at soldiers' meetings and with soldiers' societies and organizations was always hailed with the utmost delight. When the General was present the enthusiasm created by his inspiring presence was such as to make him the chief attraction at all important gatherings. He was always cordial and very happy in his greetings of his comrades. He was full of the comrade spirit, and all, from the humblest soldier to the corps com

mander, were equally gratified by the way in which they were met and greeted by General Sherman.

"He will be greatly missed and greatly mourned by the whole body of men who served with and under him, and, indeed, by all the soldiers of all the armies. He was generally regarded by them as the military genius of the war. He was a voluminous writer, and a ready, prompt and capital talker. Probably no man who was connected with the war said as many things which will be remembered and quoted hereafter as did General Sherman.

"In figure, in face and in bearing he was the ideal soldier.

I think that it can

be said of him as he once said of another, that with him with him gone,

the world seems less bright and less cheerful than it was before.' The soldiers in looking around for consolation for his death will find much in the fact that he lived so long-almost twentysix years after the final victory. There is also some consolation in the fact that he has gone before age and disease had impaired his wonderful powers and attractions. He was, in short, the

most picturesque, magnetic and original character in the great conflict.

He was occasionally in his

writings and talk wonderfully pathetic. I recall nothing connected with the war that was finer in that way than a letter which he wrote, probably during the second year of the war, when his son, about ten years old, who was named after the General, died in camp. The boy fancied that he belonged to a regiment in his father's command, and the members of the regiment were very attentive to him during his sickness, and at the time of his death General Sherman wrote a letter to men of the regiment, thanking them for what they had done. I cannot now recall the terms of that letter, but I doubt not that if it were now published many an eye would moisten as it was read.

"A very noble trait in the character of General Sherman was the fidelity of his friendships. His loyal support of Grant under all the circumstances cannot be surpassed in all the history of the relations between eminent men engaged in a common cause."

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BY HON. CHARLES F MANDERSON.

"UNITED STATES SENATE,

"Washington, D. C., March 9, 1891.

"R. H. WOODWARD & Co.,

220 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Md.

"Dear Sirs:-Your favor of the 4th instant is received. I really have not the time to comply with your request that I should write an article for publication on General Sherman, of such character as the man and the object you seek to accomplish, would naturally require. I send you herewith enclosed a clipping from the Congressional Record which contains an unprepared tribute that I paid to his memory when the news of his death came to the United States Senate. I met, and came to know General Sherman at an early period in the war. I served under him during the great Atlanta Campaign, in command of my regiment and part of the time in command of a demi-brigade. Since the war it has been my