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 10
... hands . He told us something of his personal history . He was then by commission a lieutenant in the regiment of Mountain Rifles serving in Mexico , and as he could not reach his regiment from California , Colonel Mason ordered that he ...
... hands . He told us something of his personal history . He was then by commission a lieutenant in the regiment of Mountain Rifles serving in Mexico , and as he could not reach his regiment from California , Colonel Mason ordered that he ...
Page 23
... hand on the first day , his place was never vacant . " Still more emphatically , and with his accustomed generosity to favorite subordinates , Grant said : " To his individual efforts I am in- debted for the success of that battle ...
... hand on the first day , his place was never vacant . " Still more emphatically , and with his accustomed generosity to favorite subordinates , Grant said : " To his individual efforts I am in- debted for the success of that battle ...
Page 49
... hands . Continuing his march , he reached and occupied Columbia , and then , moving northward to Winns- borough and eastward to Cheraw and then to Fayetteville , he prepared to form a junction with Schofield and Terry at Goldsborough ...
... hands . Continuing his march , he reached and occupied Columbia , and then , moving northward to Winns- borough and eastward to Cheraw and then to Fayetteville , he prepared to form a junction with Schofield and Terry at Goldsborough ...
Page 76
... hand and brains . Whilst essentially American , he does not limit his expenditure , as most rich men do , to their own locality , but he takes in the whole world , as illustrated by his me- morial fountain to Shakespeare at Stratford ...
... hand and brains . Whilst essentially American , he does not limit his expenditure , as most rich men do , to their own locality , but he takes in the whole world , as illustrated by his me- morial fountain to Shakespeare at Stratford ...
Page 81
Thomas Clement Fletcher. Grant standing in an easy pose , with the left hand thrust into the breast of a fatigue coat and the right deep down in the trousers pocket . To the left of this was a picture of Phil Sheridan in full uniform ...
Thomas Clement Fletcher. Grant standing in an easy pose , with the left hand thrust into the breast of a fatigue coat and the right deep down in the trousers pocket . To the left of this was a picture of Phil Sheridan in full uniform ...
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