Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 To: Major General E.O.C. Ord

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GLC#
GLC08012.03
Type
Letters
Date
1865/11/22
Author/Creator
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
Title
To: Major General E.O.C. Ord
Place Written
Saint Louis, MO
Pagination
4 p. : Height: 25.3 cm, Width: 20.3 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
Reconstruction

Letter to Ord discussing his post-war [Reconstruction] duties, the size and deployment of the post-war army: "Grant is fully aware of the tendencies of Bureaucracy and will on his ownquiet way work at the Solution. I think Congress will lean to him to say how many men he needs to compose the Regular army..." "Headquarters Military Division of the Missouri " letterhead.

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