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 22
... forces under the command of Albert Sidney Johnston . A great battle at once resulted - the greatest , up to that date , ever known on this continent . The leading divisions of Grant were pressed back toward the others at Pittsburgh ...
... forces under the command of Albert Sidney Johnston . A great battle at once resulted - the greatest , up to that date , ever known on this continent . The leading divisions of Grant were pressed back toward the others at Pittsburgh ...
Page 25
... forces had captured . At Memphis he took vigorous measures for preventing the trade in cotton from being used for the good of the Confederate cause . The summer of 1862 was passed in completely overrunning and subjecting that portion of ...
... forces had captured . At Memphis he took vigorous measures for preventing the trade in cotton from being used for the good of the Confederate cause . The summer of 1862 was passed in completely overrunning and subjecting that portion of ...
Page 26
... force . ' ' Where is the perpendicular ? ' ' The line of the Tennessee River . General Halleck is the author of that first beginning , and I give him credit for it with pleasure . Laying down his pencil upon the map , he said , ' There ...
... force . ' ' Where is the perpendicular ? ' ' The line of the Tennessee River . General Halleck is the author of that first beginning , and I give him credit for it with pleasure . Laying down his pencil upon the map , he said , ' There ...
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... forces at Pittsburgh Landing . Whether it was mistake in landing them on the west instead of the east bank it is not nec- essary now to discuss . I think it was not a mis- take . There was gathered the first great army of DURING THE WAR ...
... forces at Pittsburgh Landing . Whether it was mistake in landing them on the west instead of the east bank it is not nec- essary now to discuss . I think it was not a mis- take . There was gathered the first great army of DURING THE WAR ...
Page 32
... force across the river and move out into the country . Vicksburg was occupied on the morning of the 4th of July . The same afternoon troops were converging from all parts of the old lines , and Sherman's advance had already crossed the ...
... force across the river and move out into the country . Vicksburg was occupied on the morning of the 4th of July . The same afternoon troops were converging from all parts of the old lines , and Sherman's advance had already crossed the ...
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