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Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 to John Conness

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03341.02 Author/Creator: Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 Place Written: St. Louis, Missouri Type: Autograph letter signed Date: February 4, 1876 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 21 cm, Width: 14 cm Order a Copy

Commander in Chief of the Army Sherman writes to Conness recounting information that he has learned about Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. He comments on Stanton's maneuvering to boost General Joseph Hooker and "pull me down." Sherman remarks, "There is one fact that has since come to my Knowledge, which I long suspected, that there existed a Combination to sweep me into oblivion before the War closed." Mentions revising his memoirs to include this information, "I would not have put in the Memoirs any of that, only I thought to have avoided it would have been a confession of Wrong - I was not Entirely right ... " Written on stationary marked Headquarters Army of the United States.

Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
Conness, John, 1821-1909
Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869
Hooker, Joseph, 1814-1879

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