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Continued from November 4, 1856 (reply #23). (Letter from Ellen Sherman to her mother referenced in footnotes 8 and 10 written on this date in 1857.)

James Lee McDonough, William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, A Life

18 posted on 04/05/2017 4:52:37 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))

To: Homer_J_Simpson

Well this should provoke some replies...

Excellent book by the way.

19 posted on 04/05/2017 5:23:01 AM PDT by DoodleDawg

To: Homer_J_Simpson

I just finished this book about General Thomas Meagher (as will be in a few years). He and General Sherman deeply disliked one another.

21 posted on 04/05/2017 5:58:52 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("I prefer to think of myself as ... civilized." ~Jonathan Q. Higgins)

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