Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 to Stephen Augustus Hurlbut
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01582 Author/Creator: Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 Place Written: Vicksburg, Mississippi Type: Autograph letter signed Date: March 16, 1863 Pagination: 3 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy
Sherman writes about his surprise that General Hurlbut's nomination is being opposed in the Senate. He castigates the press, "I have been foolish to excite the animosity of the Newspaper fraternity ... but this class of men are so supercilious that whenever I come in contact with them I feel a natural repugnance which they are smart enough to see." Informs that he has been summoned to Young Point to meet General Ulysses S. Grant's boat. States he will leave tomorrow but cannot mention the exact route. Informs that the original plan to take Vicksburg, which he still feels is best, was to "form the Main Army to march down as through threatening Jackson & Vicksburg, to reach the Yazoo at Yazoo City -- & then down to Blackriver Ridge to the rear of Vicksburg." Letter written from the headquarters of the 15 Army Corps, camp before Vicksburg.
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