Letter : Reading, Pa., to Anna, 1865 March 23.

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Letter : Reading, Pa., to Anna, 1865 March 23.

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Letter to her daughter Anna relates Edward Pearson's account of the burning of Columbia, South Carolina by the army of General Sherman, and Sherman's efforts to protect a convent there. Letter also discusses Sherman's march through the Carolinas, refugees, and family matters.

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South Carolina Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7337722

South Carolina Historical Society

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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...

Pearson, Edward Pennington, b. 1837.

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Pearson, Frederica Smith.

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Frederica Smith Pearson, a resident of Reading, Pennsylvania, was the mother of Edward Pennington Pearson, a Union officer (captain) who served on the staff of General Howard of Sherman's Army. From the description of Letter : Reading, Pa., to Anna, 1865 March 23. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 32140170 ...