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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... interesting coincidence that the two great Union soldiers who first suc- cessively rose to the full rank of General were born in the same State of Ohio , and that there also Sheridan , the third and only other Union soldier who reached ...
... interesting coincidence that the two great Union soldiers who first suc- cessively rose to the full rank of General were born in the same State of Ohio , and that there also Sheridan , the third and only other Union soldier who reached ...
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... interesting portions of the General's mem- oirs . He says : " At that time Monterey was our headquarters . Colonel Mason , First Dragoons was an officer of great experience , of stern character , deemed by some harsh and severe , but in ...
... interesting portions of the General's mem- oirs . He says : " At that time Monterey was our headquarters . Colonel Mason , First Dragoons was an officer of great experience , of stern character , deemed by some harsh and severe , but in ...
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... interesting experience and the brevet of captain , it kept him out of the fighting in Mexico and doubtless may have led to that withdrawal from military to civil life which he soon afterward re- solved upon . In 1850 he returned from ...
... interesting experience and the brevet of captain , it kept him out of the fighting in Mexico and doubtless may have led to that withdrawal from military to civil life which he soon afterward re- solved upon . In 1850 he returned from ...
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... interesting details now known of his earlier life , had been continued all through his career at West Point . The marriage ceremony was attended by a very distinguished assembly , including the President and all his Cabinet . During the ...
... interesting details now known of his earlier life , had been continued all through his career at West Point . The marriage ceremony was attended by a very distinguished assembly , including the President and all his Cabinet . During the ...
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... interesting to note in General Sherman's report how some of the traits of this eminent soldier were visible on his earliest field . " Early in the day , " he says , when reconnoitering the ground , I had seen a horseman descend from the ...
... interesting to note in General Sherman's report how some of the traits of this eminent soldier were visible on his earliest field . " Early in the day , " he says , when reconnoitering the ground , I had seen a horseman descend from the ...
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