ALS, 1876 June 9 : to Major General E.O.C. Ord.

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ALS, 1876 June 9 : to Major General E.O.C. Ord.

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Sherman writes Ord approving General Bragg for employment ... "because I know him to be perfectly capable & honorable in an Eminent degree - I feel deeply for his poverty ... The Civil War has made a terrible impression and bears as you know heavily on the Officers of the Old Army, ... but a hue & cray would be raised if a Union man should be denied and Bragg appointed to any agency. Hecould be well be employed under some officer ..."

4 p. ; 12.9 x 20.4 cm.

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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