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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... Tennessee River . Sher- man moved at the head of a column across the country toward Memphis . The city capitulated to the gunboats on June 6th , and Sherman occu- pied it and assumed command July 22d . He found the city under a reign of ...
... Tennessee River . Sher- man moved at the head of a column across the country toward Memphis . The city capitulated to the gunboats on June 6th , and Sherman occu- pied it and assumed command July 22d . He found the city under a reign of ...
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... Tennessee River . General Halleck is the author of that first beginning , and I give him credit for it with pleasure . Laying down his pencil upon the map , he said , ' There is the line and we must take it . ' The capture of the fort ...
... Tennessee River . General Halleck is the author of that first beginning , and I give him credit for it with pleasure . Laying down his pencil upon the map , he said , ' There is the line and we must take it . ' The capture of the fort ...
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... Tennessee River ; I have seen to - night captains of steamboats who ' first went with us there ; storms came and we did not reach the point we desired . At that time General C. F. Smith was in command . He was a man indeed . All the old ...
... Tennessee River ; I have seen to - night captains of steamboats who ' first went with us there ; storms came and we did not reach the point we desired . At that time General C. F. Smith was in command . He was a man indeed . All the old ...
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... Tennessee , and conducted an expedition threat- ening the enemy's rear south of the Tallahatchie River , and enabled General Grant to occupy the position without a fight . In December he - hav- ing returned to Memphis - was assigned to ...
... Tennessee , and conducted an expedition threat- ening the enemy's rear south of the Tallahatchie River , and enabled General Grant to occupy the position without a fight . In December he - hav- ing returned to Memphis - was assigned to ...
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Thomas Clement Fletcher. ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE . Upon the inauguration of General Grant's movement across the ... river , crossed at Grand Gulf and immediately pushed forward and rejoined General Grant's main army . Sherman , with ...
Thomas Clement Fletcher. ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE . Upon the inauguration of General Grant's movement across the ... river , crossed at Grand Gulf and immediately pushed forward and rejoined General Grant's main army . Sherman , with ...
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