- GLC#
- GLC08012.04
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 1867/02/18
- Author/Creator
- Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
- Title
- To: Major General E.O.C. Ord
- Place Written
- Saint Louis, MO
- Pagination
- 3 p. : Height: 24.7 cm, Width: 19.7 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 own quiet way work at the Solution. I think Congress will leave to him to say how many men he needs to compose the Regular army..." "Headquarters Military Division of the Missouri " letterhead. With note stating, "St. Louis Mo, Private Letters (3) from Genl. Sherman in Feby. and March 1867." This note could pertain to GLC08012.04-.07.
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