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Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869 to William T. Sherman

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01583 Author/Creator: Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Autograph document signed Date: 26 September 1864 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 23 cm, Width: 19 cm Order a Copy

In this telegram Stanton, Secretary of War, writes "The Richmond Enquirer of Saturday rejoices that 'Beauregard has been assigned to the Command of the Army in Georgia, that his star ever led to victory and his very name inspires confidence of success.' A report comes to the Navy Department via Memphis and Cairo that Mobile has surrendered. I do not credit it." Mentions Union General Philip Henry Sheridan's Campaign in the Shenandoah Valley.

Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893
Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888

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