Letter, [ca. 193u-1975] to Horace F.W. Gibbes.

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Letter, [ca. 193u-1975] to Horace F.W. Gibbes.

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Photocopied portion of letter, Katharine T. Obear, to Horace F.W. Gibbes, re her memories of General William T. Sherman's march through Winsboro, S.C., "the house was set on fire three times" while sheltering nineteen women and children. Obear includes anecdote about a young woman from Columbia, S.C., who sang a Confederate song on the piazza to taunt Union troops; her defiance was answered by a rock thrown through the window; includes annotations added, 1975.

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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...

Obear, Katharine Theus, 1852-

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Author and teacher of Winnsboro (Fairfield County, S.C.); died 1942. From the description of Letter, [ca. 193u-1975] to Horace F.W. Gibbes. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 37686689 ...

Obear, Katharine Theus, 1852-

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Author and teacher of Winnsboro (Fairfield County, S.C.); died 1942. From the description of Letter, [ca. 193u-1975] to Horace F.W. Gibbes. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 37686689 ...

Obear family.

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Ober family.

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