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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... military genius . of General Sherman and the far - reaching and great breadth of his mind . His marches and battles and tri- umphs and speeches and letters will do all this , but that is not all that should be preserved to carry into ...
... military genius . of General Sherman and the far - reaching and great breadth of his mind . His marches and battles and tri- umphs and speeches and letters will do all this , but that is not all that should be preserved to carry into ...
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... military chieftain at his death in all the world , but because he was esteemed by 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 ...
... military chieftain at his death in all the world , but because he was esteemed by 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 ...
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... Military Academy in 1836 , Cadet Sherman was graduated in 1840 , sixth in his class ; and that class contained another very famous soldier , George H. Thomas , besides Ewell , Getty and others . He beat General Grant in the race for ...
... Military Academy in 1836 , Cadet Sherman was graduated in 1840 , sixth in his class ; and that class contained another very famous soldier , George H. Thomas , besides Ewell , Getty and others . He beat General Grant in the race for ...
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... military to civil life which he soon afterward re- solved upon . In 1850 he returned from California with dis- patches for the War Department , and after visiting Į his mother at Mansfield , in Ohio , was married 12 LIFE OF GENERAL WM ...
... military to civil life which he soon afterward re- solved upon . In 1850 he returned from California with dis- patches for the War Department , and after visiting Į his mother at Mansfield , in Ohio , was married 12 LIFE OF GENERAL WM ...
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... military service as a paymaster or otherwise . Major Buell sent him the programme of a State military academy about to be organized at Alex- andria , in Louisiana , and advised him to apply HIS LIFE BEFORE THE WAR . 15.
... military service as a paymaster or otherwise . Major Buell sent him the programme of a State military academy about to be organized at Alex- andria , in Louisiana , and advised him to apply HIS LIFE BEFORE THE WAR . 15.
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