William Tecumseh Sherman was an American businessman, author, and United States Army general in the Union Army during the American Civil War (1861-1865). As a general he earned recognition for his command of military strategy but criticism for the harshness of his scorched-earth policies, which he implemented in his military campaign against the Confederate States.
ly 24, 1861. Fort Corcoran, Arlington Heights, Va., July ly 24, 1861. Simm: I have the honor, in the absence of Colonel Corcoran, missing, and Acting Lieutenant-Colonel Haggerty, killed in…
HDQRS. SIXTY-NINTH REGIMENT, N. Y. S. M., ly 24, 1861. Fort Corcoran, Arlington Heights, Va., July ly 24, 1861. Simm: I have the honor, in the absence of Colonel Corcoran,…
4 . HEADQUARTERS, Crab Orchard, November 13, 1861. General W. T. SHERMAN, i Commanding Department of the Cumberland, Louisville, Ky. : GENERAL: Colonel Bramlette writes me from Somerset on the…
HEADQUARTERS, Somerset, Ky., December 12, 1861. (Received December 16, 1861.) Commanding Division, Lebanon: GENERAL: Having obtained much information relative to the face of the adjacent country, its roads, streams, and…
HEADQUARTERS EXPEDITIONARY CORPS, February 28, 1862. Port Royal, S. 0., February 28, 1862. GENERAL: The deserters just in from Savannah say there are about 65,000 troops in and about the…
Washington, D. C., August 25, 1862. Maj. Gen. WILLIAM T. SHERMAN, Memphis: My DEAR GENERAL: It was determined before I arrived here that gold and Treasury notes should be paid…
Jackson, Tenn., October 29, 1862. Maj. Gen. WILLIAM T. SHERMAN, Memphis, Tenn. : I am directed by General Grant to acknowledge the receipt of your report of the 21st and…
La Grange, Tenn., November 14, 1862. Maj. Gen. WILLIAM T. SHERMAN, Memphis, Tenn.: After writing to you by Colonel Grierson I received a dispatch from General Halleck stating that in…
Charleston Charleston, July 22, 1863. GENERAL : I consider it advisable not to open fire with the works about Shell Point until entirely completed; otherwise the return fire of the…
[Inclosure 2 to inclosure 1.] Mr. Evarts to Mr. Sherman. Department of State, July 3, 1878. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the…
Mr. Evarts to Mr. Sherman. Department of State, Washington, June 18, 1879. Sir: I have the honor to inform you that the British Government has received information that the Government…
[Inclosure 1 in Mr. Sherman’s No 5771.] Mr. Raum to Mr. Sherman. Treasury Department, Washington, October 20, 1879. Sir: I have received and duly considered a letter of Hon. Wm.…