The William T. Sherman papers, 1862-1881.

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The William T. Sherman papers, 1862-1881.

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Contains the following types of materials: correspondence, personnel documents, clippings, general orders. Contains information pertaining to the following wars and time periods: Early Indian, Civil War. Contains information pertaining to the following military units: 15th Army Corps; 13th Army Corps, ;EOC ORD. General description of the collection: The William T. Sherman papers include letters of a Civil War general; copy of general orders; and a certified letter from General Sherman to Mayor Calhoun to remove inhabitants from Atlanta, to have peace. The Soldier's Casket -- a sketch of General William T. Sherman, after his death.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7570705

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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...