Papers. 1837-1891.

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Papers. 1837-1891.

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General, U.S. Army. Letter, 18 Jan. 1861, to Governor Thomas O. Moore of Louisiana resigning as president of the Louisiana State Seminary and military academy; Letter, 18 Dec. 1861, stating his political position and intention to support the Union forces; military correspondence, 1864, with General Thomas outlining situation, stating plans and issuing orders and instructions; orders; memorandum; personal correspondence, 1865-1890; cadet memorabilia including an 1837 invitation to Ellen Ewing Sherman to attend a cadet hop; photographs and engravings.

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Sherman, Ellen Ewing, 1824-1888

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Wife of General William T. Sherman. From the description of Letters, 1862. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 54801935 Ellen Ewing Sherman, wife of William Tecumseh Sherman and daughter of Thomas Ewing (1789-1871), senator from Ohio. From the description of Correspondence of Ellen Ewing Sherman, 1840-1863 (1850-1859). (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122565171 ...

Thomas, George Henry, 1816-1870

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Moore, Thomas Overton, 1804-1876

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Thomas O. Moore, a sugar planter of Rapides Parish, Louisiana, owned Emfield, Lodi, and Mooreland Plantations. He was a member of the Police Jury of Rapides Parish, a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, and a State Senator. He served as governor of Louisiana (1860-1864) and called the Secession Convention in 1861. Moore fled Louisiana after the Civil War, was pardoned by President Andrew Johnson in 1867, and returned to Louisiana to resume his activities as a sugar planter in Rapid...