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Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 to James H. Wilson

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02947 Author/Creator: Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 Place Written: Savannah, Georgia Type: Autograph letter Date: 21 January 1865 Pagination: 3 p. 26 x 21 cm Order a Copy

Celebratory discussion of union victories in the South. Sherman writes that he "knocked the daylight through Georgia," that General Wilson and General George H. Thomas gave confederate Generals "Hood & Forest a taste of what they have to Expect by trying to meddle with out Conquered territory," and Captain Hugh Judson Kilpatrick "bamboozled Wheeler and...befuddled Hardee. Mentions his intention to attack Columbia, South Carolina and to raid Selma, Alabama. Signature has been removed and replaced by one written in another hand, possibly for clerical purposes.

Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891

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