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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... hundreds and thousands of the old soldiers greeted him on all occasions ; for every one he had a kind word of earnest inquiry , as to his present condition in life , his family , etc. He was our president for about twenty years . He ...
... hundreds and thousands of the old soldiers greeted him on all occasions ; for every one he had a kind word of earnest inquiry , as to his present condition in life , his family , etc. He was our president for about twenty years . He ...
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... pork that remained in our alforjas . This was no uncommon thing in those days , when many a ranchman , with his eleven leagues of land , his hundreds of horses and cattle , would receive us with 8 LIFE OF GENERAL WM . T. SHERMAN .
... pork that remained in our alforjas . This was no uncommon thing in those days , when many a ranchman , with his eleven leagues of land , his hundreds of horses and cattle , would receive us with 8 LIFE OF GENERAL WM . T. SHERMAN .
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Thomas Clement Fletcher. hundreds of horses and cattle , would receive us with the grandiloquence of a Spanish lord ... hundred and one thousand dol- lars a day , and for a time it seemed as if some } } one would reach solid gold . I of ...
Thomas Clement Fletcher. hundreds of horses and cattle , would receive us with the grandiloquence of a Spanish lord ... hundred and one thousand dol- lars a day , and for a time it seemed as if some } } one would reach solid gold . I of ...
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... hundred dollars a month . Had it not been for the fifteen hundred dollars that I had saved , I could not have possibly lived through the winter . " Sherman acted as Adjutant - General successively to General S. W. Kearney , Colonel ...
... hundred dollars a month . Had it not been for the fifteen hundred dollars that I had saved , I could not have possibly lived through the winter . " Sherman acted as Adjutant - General successively to General S. W. Kearney , Colonel ...
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... hundred and fifty- four guns , under the supreme command of Gen- eral Sherman . The enemy , superior in cavalry , and with three corps of infantry and artillery , commanded by Hardee , Hood and Polk , and all under the com- mand of ...
... hundred and fifty- four guns , under the supreme command of Gen- eral Sherman . The enemy , superior in cavalry , and with three corps of infantry and artillery , commanded by Hardee , Hood and Polk , and all under the com- mand of ...
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