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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... friendship , freely given to all whom he thought deserving , was always intense . If he had dis- likes he did not manifest or speak of them , unless in de- fence of his self - respect . In all the years in which I was honored with his ...
... friendship , freely given to all whom he thought deserving , was always intense . If he had dis- likes he did not manifest or speak of them , unless in de- fence of his self - respect . In all the years in which I was honored with his ...
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... them as a kind - hearted , social , benevolent friend , whom they had learned to love in their social contact with him . THOS . C. FLETCHER . The old soldiers took up LIFE OF GEN . WM . T. SHERMAN . CHAPTER xvi INTRODUCTION .
... them as a kind - hearted , social , benevolent friend , whom they had learned to love in their social contact with him . THOS . C. FLETCHER . The old soldiers took up LIFE OF GEN . WM . T. SHERMAN . CHAPTER xvi INTRODUCTION .
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... friend , José Antonio , as a justifi- cation for taking the Governor , a man of sixty years of age , more than twenty miles , at a full canter for his breakfast . But there was no help for it , and we accordingly went a short distance ...
... friend , José Antonio , as a justifi- cation for taking the Governor , a man of sixty years of age , more than twenty miles , at a full canter for his breakfast . But there was no help for it , and we accordingly went a short distance ...
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... friend . " On returning North , his old friends Major Turner and Mr. Lucas secured for him the office of President of the Fifth Street Railroad in St. Louis 2 HIS LIFE BEFORE THE WAR . 17.
... friend . " On returning North , his old friends Major Turner and Mr. Lucas secured for him the office of President of the Fifth Street Railroad in St. Louis 2 HIS LIFE BEFORE THE WAR . 17.
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... Friend : I cannot sleep to - night till I record an expression of the deep feelings of my heart to you and the officers and soldiers of the battalion for their kind behavior to my poor child . I realize that you all feel for all feel ...
... Friend : I cannot sleep to - night till I record an expression of the deep feelings of my heart to you and the officers and soldiers of the battalion for their kind behavior to my poor child . I realize that you all feel for all feel ...
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