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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... tion to the subject of supplies , organizing a mag- nificent system of railroad communication by two routes from Nashville . In May , 1864 , the campaigns began simul- taneously at the West and at the East . Sher- man's confidence was ...
... tion to the subject of supplies , organizing a mag- nificent system of railroad communication by two routes from Nashville . In May , 1864 , the campaigns began simul- taneously at the West and at the East . Sher- man's confidence was ...
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... tion from Louisville . On the 27th of April the three great armies of his division were converg- ing at Chattanooga . The 1st of May witnessed over sixty thousand troops and 130 guns , form- ing the Army of the Cumberland , Major ...
... tion from Louisville . On the 27th of April the three great armies of his division were converg- ing at Chattanooga . The 1st of May witnessed over sixty thousand troops and 130 guns , form- ing the Army of the Cumberland , Major ...
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... tion by the front was impossible . After well re- connoitering the vicinity , but one practicable route by which to attack Johnston was found , and that was by Snake Creek Gap , by which Resaca , a point on the enemy's railroad ...
... tion by the front was impossible . After well re- connoitering the vicinity , but one practicable route by which to attack Johnston was found , and that was by Snake Creek Gap , by which Resaca , a point on the enemy's railroad ...
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... tion of it in detail . Sherman became the hero of the war from an English point of view , in spite of their sympathy with the South . " On the 15th of November the splendid army of brawny western men , stripped like an athlete for the ...
... tion of it in detail . Sherman became the hero of the war from an English point of view , in spite of their sympathy with the South . " On the 15th of November the splendid army of brawny western men , stripped like an athlete for the ...
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... tion which forbids the forfeiture of land to the heirs . My full belief is , we must colonize the country de novo , beginning with Kentucky and Tennessee , and should remove four million of our people at once south of the Ohio River ...
... tion which forbids the forfeiture of land to the heirs . My full belief is , we must colonize the country de novo , beginning with Kentucky and Tennessee , and should remove four million of our people at once south of the Ohio River ...
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