Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 Special field orders
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02137 Author/Creator: Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document signed Date: 26 June 1864 Pagination: 3 p. : Height: 26 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy
Signed "W.T.S." Apparently a draft of orders, unnumbered, with cross outs and additions. Concerns the strategy for rationing supplies at the start of Atlanta campaign. Also details procedures for dealing with deficiencies of supplies due to railroad service or other causes. Lists the men that should be counted for supplies (officers, men present for duty, sick, unarmed cooks, teamsters, etc.). States that "All other persons dependant on our supplies are useless mouths which we cannot afford to feed and should be sent north of Nashville." Written on printed stationary from the Military Division of the Mississippi, in the field.
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