Letters, 1862-1864.

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Letters, 1862-1864.

Photocopies of letters from Marvin Creager, Co. F, 2nd Regiment Michigan Volunteer Cavalry, concerning life in the army, troop movements in Tennessee and southeastern Missouri, and army skirmishes; and an essay on General William T. Sherman by Creager.

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Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891

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Sherman was born in 1820 in Lancaster, Ohio, near the banks of the Hocking River. His father, Charles Robert Sherman, a successful lawyer who sat on the Ohio Supreme Court, died unexpectedly in 1829. He left his widow, Mary Hoyt Sherman, with eleven children and no inheritance. After his father's death, the nine-year-old Sherman was raised by a Lancaster neighbor and family friend, attorney Thomas Ewing, Sr., a prominent member of the Whig Party who served as senator from Ohio and as the first S...

United States. Army. Michigan Cavalry Regiment, 2nd. Company F.

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Creager, Marvin.

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