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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03882 Author/Creator: Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 Place Written: Atlanta, Georgia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 12 September 1864 Pagination: 3 p. : Height: 25.3 cm, Width: 19.7 cm Order a Copy

Writes to Confederate General Hood to discuss a prisoner exchange. Also discusses the deplorable conditions at Andersonville Prison, asking him to give the Union prisoners more room and food, and to allow them to construct shelters. Written on stationary of the "Headquarters, Military Division of the Mississippi."

Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
Hood, John Bell, 1831-1879

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