William T. Sherman letter, 1874 Nov. 13.

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William T. Sherman letter, 1874 Nov. 13.

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A letter from General Sherman informs Colonel Alexander Webb that Union troops were sent to the South at the insistence of the U. S. Attorney General.

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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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...

Webb, Alexander Russell, 1846-1916

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U.S. consul to Manila and Islamic missionary and publisher, of New York, N.Y. From the description of Papers, 1892. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20273709 Alexander Russell Webb (1846-1916) has the distinction of being the first known American convert to Islam and of being the first person to conduct a major effort to spread Islam within the United States. Born in Hudson, New York, he had a short journalistic career as editor of the St. Joseph Gazette and Mi...