Life and Reminiscences of General Wm. T. ShermanR. H. Woodward Company, 1891 - 479 pages This is a collection of thoughts and reminiscences on General Sherman from the most important and influential men of the day. Published the year of his death, it includes tributes from President Hayes, senators, high-profile priests and judges. |
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Page 20
... enemy out of Kentucky and 200,000 to finish the war in that section . This declaration and other evidences of prescience , coupled with his nervous , energetic manner , actually caused the report to spread that Sherman was crazy ; and ...
... enemy out of Kentucky and 200,000 to finish the war in that section . This declaration and other evidences of prescience , coupled with his nervous , energetic manner , actually caused the report to spread that Sherman was crazy ; and ...
Page 23
... armies , spaded his way laboriously toward Corinth , and when he arrived there the enemy evacuated it . During this advance Sher- - man's division had important duties to perform , and its 24 LIFE OF GENERAL WM . T. SHERMAN .
... armies , spaded his way laboriously toward Corinth , and when he arrived there the enemy evacuated it . During this advance Sher- - man's division had important duties to perform , and its 24 LIFE OF GENERAL WM . T. SHERMAN .
Page 26
... enemy in Kentucky when I came to this State . " General Halleck knew well the position here , and I remember well the question he asked me- the question of the school - teacher to his child— ' Sherman , here is the line ; how will you ...
... enemy in Kentucky when I came to this State . " General Halleck knew well the position here , and I remember well the question he asked me- the question of the school - teacher to his child— ' Sherman , here is the line ; how will you ...
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... enemy was old , and Sidney Johnson , whom all the officers remem- bered as a power among the old officers , high above Grant , myself or anybody else , led the en- emy on that battle - field and I almost wonder how we conquered . But ...
... enemy was old , and Sidney Johnson , whom all the officers remem- bered as a power among the old officers , high above Grant , myself or anybody else , led the en- emy on that battle - field and I almost wonder how we conquered . But ...
Page 29
... enemy's rear south of the Tallahatchie River , and enabled General Grant to occupy the position without a fight . In December he - hav- ing returned to Memphis - was assigned to the command ' of the Fifteenth Army Corps , still con ...
... enemy's rear south of the Tallahatchie River , and enabled General Grant to occupy the position without a fight . In December he - hav- ing returned to Memphis - was assigned to the command ' of the Fifteenth Army Corps , still con ...
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