Thomas West Sherman was a United States Army officer with service during the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War. While some contemporaries mistakenly identified him as the brother of the more famous General William T. Sherman, modern scholarship notes that the two were not closely related.
HEADQUARTERS EXPEDITIONARY CORPS, December 30, 1861. Port Royal, S. 0., December 30, 1861. GENERAL: Agreeably to the conversation already had with you, it is designed to cross a force over…
HEADQUARTERS EXPEDITIONARY CORPS, Port Royal, S. C., January 2, 1862. Sw: As the Vanderbilt leaves to-morrow morning, I deem it proper to inclose to you a letter of instructions to…
HEADQUARTERS EXPEDITIONARY CORPS, Port Royal, S. C., January 4, 1862. General LoRENZO THOMAS, Adjutant-General U. S. Army, Washington, D. C.: SIR: Reconnaissances are being made on both sides the Savannah…
GENERAL “X HEADQUARTERS E. C., January 7, 1862. No. 1. Hilton Head, 8. C., January 7, 1862. The general commanding desires to express his gratification at the good conduct exhibited…
HEADQUARTERS EXPEDITIONARY CORPS, Port Royal, S. C., January 7, 1862. Hon. SIMON CAMERON, Secretary of War, Washington, D. O.: SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your…
HEADQUARTERS EXPEDITIONARY CORPS, January 15, 1862. Port Royal, 8. C., January 15, 1862. To the ADJUTANT-GENERAL U. S. ARMY, Washington, D. C.: SIR: I have the honor to ask the…
HEADQUARTERS EXPEDITIONARY CORPS, Port Royal, S. C., January 20, 1862. ADJUTANT-GENERAL U. S. ARMY, Washington, D. C.: GENERAL: Reconnaissances of Savannah River had led me to the belief that Savannah…
HEADQUARTERS EXPEDITIONARY CORPS, Port Royal, S. C., February 9, 1862. To the ADJUTANT-GENERAL U. S. A., Washington, D. C.: SIR: The imperative necessity of putting the blacks in the way…
HEADQUARTERS UF THE ARMY, Washington, February 14, 1862. Brig. Gen. THOMAS W. SHERMAN, Commanding at Port Royal, &c. : GENERAL: Your dispatches in regard to the occupation of Daufuskie Island,…
HEADQUARTERS EXPEDITIONARY CORPS, Port Royal, S. C., February 17, 1862. SIR: A rebel steamer, the Ida, ran by our battery on the Savannah River on the 14th instant for Fort…
HEADQUARTERS EXPEDITIONARY CORPS, Off Tybee, Ga., February 27, 1862. The ADJUTANT-GENERAL U. S. ARMY, Washington, D. O.: Sin: It was my intention to accompany the expedition for Fernandina, and while…
HEADQUARTERS EXPEDITIONARY CORPS, Off Tybee, Ga., February 27, 1862. The ADJUTANT-GENERAL U. S. ARMY, Washington, D. O.: Sin: It was my intention to accompany the expedition for Fernandina, and while…
HEADQUARTERS EXPEDITIONARY CORPS, Port Royal, S. C., March 8, 1862. To the ADJUTANT-GENERAL U. S. ARMY, Washington, D. O.: SIr: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your…
HEADQUARTERS EXPEDITIONARY CORPS, Port Royal, S. C., March 8, 1862. Maj. Gen. GEORGE B. MoCLELLAN, Commanding U. S. Army: GENERAL: Yours of February 14 was received on the 3dinstant. Pulaski…
HEADQUARTERS EXPEDITIONARY CORPS, Port Royal, S. C., March 9, 1862. To the ADJUTANT-GENERAL U. S. ARMY, Washington, D. C. : SrR: From the reports of Brigadier-General Wright, copies of which…
HEADQUARTERS EXPEDITIONARY CORPS, Port Royal, S. C., March 9, 1862. To the ADJUTANT-GENERAL U. S. ARMY, Washington, D. C. : SrR: From the reports of Brigadier-General Wright, copies of which…
HEADQUARTERS THIRD BRIGADE, EXPED’Y CORPS, Fernandina, Fla., March 13, 1862. GENERAL: Your letters of the 10th and 12th instant were received this evening, through Mr. Boutelle, U. S. Coast Survey,…
HEADQUARTERS THIRD BRIGADE, EXPED’Y CORPS, Fernandina, Fla., March 13, 1862. GENERAL: Your letters of the 10th and 12th instant were received this evening, through Mr. Boutelle, U. S. Coast Survey,…
HEADQUARTERS EXPEDITIONARY CORPS, Port Royal, S. C., March 15, 1862. Major-General MCCLELLAN, Commander-in-Chief, U. S. Army: GENERAL: From information just received from our forces at North Edisto It is probable…
HEADQUARTERS EXPEDITIONARY CORPS, March 16, 1862. Port Royal, S. 0O., March 16, 1862. The ADJUTANT-GENERAL U. S. ARMY, Washington: SIR: I have the honor to report that after Brigadier-General Wright…
HEADQUARTERS EXPEDITIONARY CORPS, Port Royal, S. C., March 25, 1862. To the ADJUTANT-GENERAL U. S. ARMY, Washington, D. O.: SIR: Since my letter of the 9th instant, on learning that…
HEADQUARTERS EXPEDITIONARY CORPS, Port Royal, S. C., March 25, 1862. To the ADJUTANT-GENERAL U. S. ARMY, Washington, D. O.: SIR: Since my letter of the 9th instant, on learning that…
HEADQUARTERS EXPEDITIONARY CORPS, Port Royal, S. C., March 26, 1862. Brig. Gen. LORENZO THOMAS, Adjutant-General U. S. Army, Washington, D. O.: i GENERAL: Your letter of the 6th instant* was…
HEADQUARTERS EXPEDITIONARY CORPS, Port Royal, S. C., March 27, 1862. To Hon. SEORETARY OF WAR, Washington, D. C.: SIR: I have just received the President’s War Order, No. 3, which…